Henry Cavill's super shock at death story

British actor Henry Cavill has revealed via his Instagram account that he was shocked to find that he was mistakenly listed as dead on the internet.

The 34-year-old actor - who is best known for playing Superman in the DC Extended Universe movies - has taken to his Instagram account to express his bemusement at being listed as dead on Google.

Alongside a screenshot suggesting that Henry died on March 3, the actor wrote: "When you learn that you died 2 days ago... [sic]"

Henry's latest on-screen role sees him play the part of Reville Smites in 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout'.

And the dark-haired hunk recently admitted that he feared filming the movie would kill him.

He shared: "I thought at one point, 'Ah, this is how I go but at least I will have been killed by [co-star] Tom Cruise and it will definitely make the papers.'"

The action-packed movie - which is due out later this year - also features actress Rebecca Ferguson, who featured in 'The Greatest Showman' in 2017.

And the actress has admitted she was "rather blasé" about Tom - who is reprising his role as Ethan Hunt - hanging off a helicopter until it came to shooting the scene.

She said: "I was rather blasé about Tom hanging off a helicopter but when he actually did the stunt, I screamed. I had no idea what was going to happen. It was terrifying."

Rebecca, 34 - who suffers from vertigo - had to jump off a bridge with Tom during the first day of shooting and she admitted she was "swearing in Tom's ear" as they fell.

The actress shared: "I suffer from vertigo and I really didn't know what I was saying yes to.

"On the first day of shooting I had to jump off a bridge with Tom. All the way down I was just swearing in Tom's ear. I was very apologetic after!"

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