He became a single man in February after splitting from his stuntwoman girlfriend Lucy Cork after less than a year together.

And Henry Cavill, 34, has spoken candidly about dating in the wake of the #MeToo movement, admitting that he is now hesitant to flirt with women.

'There's something wonderful about a man chasing a woman. There's a traditional approach to that, which is nice. I think a woman should be wooed and chased, but maybe I'm old-fashioned for thinking that,' he told GQ Australia this month.

'I think a woman should be wooed and chased': Henry Cavill has admitted he is hesitant to flirt because he may be 'called a rapist or something' in the wake of the #MeToo movement

The Man Of Steel star added: 'It's very difficult to do that if there are certain rules in place. Because then it's like, "Well, I don't want to go up and talk to her, because I'm going to be called a rapist or something".

'So you're like, "Forget it, I'm going to call an ex-girlfriend instead, and then just go back to a relationship, which never really worked".'

'But it's way safer than casting myself into the fires of hell, because I'm someone in the public eye, and if I go and flirt with someone, then who knows what's going to happen?'

Old-fashioned: 'There's something wonderful about a man chasing a woman. There's a traditional approach to that, which is nice. I think a woman should be wooed and chased, but maybe I'm old-fashioned for thinking that,' the 34-year-old actor told GQ Australia this month

Henry also admitted that he has worked with people in the past who have acted somewhat 'over familiar' with certain actresses.

He explained that in these situations, he would always approach the women and ask whether they were okay.

Henry is currently promoting his new film Mission: Impossible – Fallout, starring opposite Tom Cruise.

He's single! Henry smouldered in an photo shoot accompanying his GQ Australia interview

He met his now ex-girlfriend Lucy, 25, on the set of the movie last year and paid tribute to her on Instagram last August.

He wrote: 'This is my Lucy. She is one of the best stuntwomen in the world. She has defined herself.

'She continues to define herself. She grows, every day. She is Lucy Cork because she says so.'