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Henry Cavill has proven chivalry isn’t dead – but should it be?

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Sometimes I worry I’m becoming old-fashioned, only for someone with the views of a 600-year-old to come along and make me feel like a spry teenager by comparison.

During a recent interview for to promote his forthcoming film , about his lead actor, Henry Cavill. Ritchie stated, with the energy of a man making a very important point of order: “Henry Cavill stands up every time a lady walks into a room. And he’s been consistent with that all the way through two movies I’ve made with him”. Addressing , who was sitting in

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