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Alex Pettyfer Credits Henry Cavill for Saving His Life on Set of New Movie


Alex Pettyfer says he nearly drowned while filming his latest movie, but Henry Cavill saved him from falling off of a boat

“He saved me from falling off a boat,” Pettyfer, 33, revealed in an interview Entertainment Tonight recently conducted with the film’s stars. Daniel Smith/ EPKCavill and Pettyfer join Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Eiza González and Hero Fiennes Tiffin in the Guy Ritchie –directed film, which is based on Damien Lewis ’ 2014 book, Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII. Daniel Craig beat out Cavill for the role in 2006 and Aaron Taylor-Johnson is rumored to be next in line, but EW reports that no official offer has been made.

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