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Henry poses with Alex Quintero who is a bouncer at the club.

He shared the rest of his story with us (thanks so much Dave!):

I received a phone call from my boyfriend, around 3pm 420/Easter Sunday, who was waiting tables at Jack's on Halsted - 3201 N. HALSTED- and he said he wasn't sure but he thought Henry Cavill was there having brunch w an unknown female. I was house sitting at Irving Park n Kedzi area, so I flew over to Jack's w the hope of a pic n autograph...

Not wanting to get my boyfriend Barry in trouble, I made sure to get permission from Mr. Cavill to approach him after he was done eating cuz the last thing I wanted to do was annoy THE MAN OF STEEL! Anyway, Mr. Cavill said sure and my boyfriend said it was up to me now...so I took a breath and headed toward their table. I introduced myself to Henry and shook his hand then turned to the woman to shake her hand and introduce myself ...turns out the "unknown female" is none other than Gina Carano, star of action flick HAYWIRE, 2008 American Gladiator Crush, world champion MMA fighter. Said hello as Henry was standing up so my boyfriend could take our pic...I was breathless w the double wammy of the two cuz I love her too and wasn't expecting it to be her- I was floored. All I could say to her was that she was gorgeous. Then we took the pic and I handed him my wallet and a black marker - I came prepared for him, not her too tho!- as he signed, I gushed about how a great superman he makes and what a great job he's doin and congratulations and good luck w ur career. Then I walked away to compose myself..they were about to cash out when Henry went to the bathroom - exactly where I was trying to compose. I got out of his way and thanked him again. Then I said to my boyfriend- loud enough for Henry to hear- that I was leaving now so Henry would not get creeped out. But because I spazzed on Gina, I headed to her on the way out, to tell her that he was gorgeous as well as they were together! Congrats and happy Easter! Peace out, faster than a speeding bullet ;-) 

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Henry Cavill’s Spending the Holidays with Gina Carano.. In the Gym

CELEBUZZ
POSTED 11 HOURS AGO   •   BY ANDREA SIMPSON

"He said he's back to training at Gym Jones for the next movie."

And that means getting back into Spandex -- $300 bucks worth.

"He bought two pairs of C-WX tights and a couple pairs of Saucony and Northface shorts," she added.

The 30-year-old heartthrob also brought a shopping companion. It looks like he and his girlfriend Gina Carano are going strong, despite their brief break-up this summer.

"He was with his MMA fighter girlfriend. She helped him pick out some shorts and took care of him more than we did," added Theobald with a laugh.

"He really kept to himself and no one recognized him," except one lucky employee. "One of our employees loves Superman so he just had to get a picture with him."

READ MORE HERE: http://www.celebuzz.com/2013-12-23/this-is-how-henry-cavills-spending-the-holidays-in-the-gym/

Tom Hardy: Warrior stars say MMA is no more brutal than rugby (The National)

James Mottram                      

Dec 26, 2011

Tom Hardy, left, and Joel Edgerton in Warrior. Chuck Zlotnick

Call it "Rocky on steroids" if you like, but Warrior is a film with its testosterone levels set through the roof. We're talking not boxing but mixed martial arts (MMA), a full-on contact sport that blends a host of traditional fighting techniques, from wrestling to ju-jitsu. Put that with two of the most exciting actors of their generation, British-born Tom Hardy (Inception) and Australia's Joel Edgerton (Animal Kingdom), and the result is an explosive fight film that pulls no punches.

We meet in London's Soho Hotel, where Edgerton and Hardy are sitting together on a grey sofa - about the only thing soft in this room. Bulked up to 84kg for his role as Bane in the forthcoming Batman release, The Dark Knight Rises, Hardy's long-sleeved grey sweatshirt looks as though it is about to rip under the strain of his muscular frame. Dressed in a denim cap and jacket, Edgerton may not quite be as Hulk-like, but given that he earned a black belt in Shotokan karate in his teens, you wouldn't want to tangle.

Playing estranged brothers who both enter Sparta, a winner-takes-all MMA elimination tournament, these boys spent two months training in Pittsburgh - eight hours a day in the gym, learning boxing, weightlifting and ju-jitsu. "It felt good to be strong," says Edgerton, 37, who added 9kg of pure muscle. "And it felt good to learn something new. I certainly felt, by the time we were in the cage, standing there with a pair of gloves on, that you felt … at least part of you belonged.:

Not that a sense of "belonging" resonates much with their characters, particularly Hardy's Tommy. An ex-Marine and former wrestling prodigy, he returns from a tour of duty in Iraq weighed down by emotional demons, in particular his feelings towards his abusive, alcoholic father (Nick Nolte) and his brother Brendan (Edgerton), a former street brawler turned teacher who he believes abandoned him. "The fight is within Tommy," says Hardy. "He's fighting for country and for self, for reasons towards his own self-centredness and pain."

Factor in Brendan's "financial reasons" for entering Sparta - he's desperate for money to support his family - and the pain in Warrior is not just physical. "These are normal people in extreme circumstances with the backdrop of MMA," says Hardy, who gives the director Gavin O'Connor (Pride and Glory) the credit for ensuring the drama is not just in the ring.

"When you ask, what does Warrior do for the MMA world where others have failed, it's talking about it as a sport as opposed to making a kung fu movie or a martial arts movie. It's like Rocky meets Kramer vs Kramer, if you like."

Still, with real-life MMA fighter Greg Jackson on board as technical adviser, Hardy and Edgerton felt duty-bound to represent accurately a sport often maligned for its violence. "It's no more brutal than a game of rugby," argues Hardy. "If you go on to the pitch with the All Blacks, you'd know about it. And that's 90 minutes. These guys do 25 minutes, one on one."

Edgerton chips in: "Boxing allows you to keep engaging in the fight, even if you start to lose brain cells. With mixed martial arts, the moment you can no longer defend yourself, there is a clear winner."

Thrown into the cage with all manner of MMA fighters (many of whom appear in the film), Hardy, 33, even found himself facing off with Hans Marrero, one of whose sparring partners is the former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson. "I had a moment where I was like 'I really don't want to be here!' I was standing there in my gloves and my shorts, and I was like 'This is really not for me!'" Edgerton concurs. "Any of those guys would probably have me seeing stars within about 20 seconds."
Get ready to rumble, as they say.

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