Henry Cavill has acknowledged that DC's cinematic universe - or whatever we're calling it now - hasn't exactly had the smoothest ride.

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In an extremely candid interview with The Rake Magazine captured by this Tweet ), the Superman actor said that comparisons to rival Marvel haven't exactly been its biggest problem."Even if Marvel didn't exist, we'd struggle," he told the publication. "There was a style that [the filmmakers] were going for, an attempt to be different and look at things from a slightly different perspective, which hasn't necessarily worked."Cavill said that while the movies have made money they haven't given everyone what they wanted; "it hasn't given everyone the sensation which superheroes should give the viewer."Cavill says that Wonder Woman, which was both a commercial and critical success, was the major exception. "I think it is a wonderful time for the female hero,” he said. “It is the perfect setting in social politics right now, we need it, we want that perspective, and ‘Wonder Woman’ has struck at the ideal time and has become a phenomenal success, which is fantastic.”The actor said that Wonder Woman's success was great because he wants to “keep telling the Superman story; selfishly, that works for me,” but he also feels like the movie was a turning point for DC's slate. “I feel like now, the right mistakes have been made and they haven’t been pandered [to], and we can start telling the stories in the way they need to be told,” Cavill said. “It is even better to come back from a mistake or stylistic error into the correct vein because it will make it seem that much stronger. ‘Wonder Woman’ was the first step in the right direction.”The next DC/Warner Bros. joint is Justice League , which is tracking to open less than BvS but more than Wonder Woman.

Lucy O'Brien is Games & Entertainment Editor at IGN’s Sydney office. Follow her on Twitter.