Have you ever gone on a family vacation that turned sour? (Of course you have.) But really, Henry Cavill's got you beat -- in The Cold Light of Day, he returns to a boat his family is vacationing on to find them missing, the walls and blankets covered in blood. Naturally, there's a political conspiracy involving his secret agent dad, played by Bruce Willis. While Cavill tries to figure the mess out, Sigourney Weaver shows up as the government woman who wants to make the trouble go away, provided he can get her some information. It's a trip and a romp through the streets of Spain, centered around the type of fast-paced intrigue you pay good theater money for.

I've interviewed a lot of actors in my day, and one of my go-to questions is always, "Who did you screw to get this part?" I don't exactly word it like that, of course, but it invariably leads to answers involving agents, phone calls, directors, video cameras, uncertainty, and eventually, elation. (For the most part, no actual screwing.) Following his inspired casting as the villain General Zod in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, Michael Shannon jumped to the top of the list of actors I want to pose this question to, but it turns out I didn't even have to ask -- and the answer is so awesome.

The star of Showtime's hit series 'The Tudors' has two big movies in the works. (He also has four bigger brothers to keep him grounded.)