--- title: Watch Henry Cavill Punch Jimmy Kimmel in the Face description: Jimmy Kimmel knows how to get an audience's attention, even when he thinks most people watching are drunk. canonical: https://time.com/4264093/henry-cavill-punch-jimmy-kimmel/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-18T14:34:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:00.412Z og:title: Watch Henry Cavill Punch Jimmy Kimmel in the Face og:description: And then get kneed by Guillermo og:url: https://time.com/4264093/henry-cavill-punch-jimmy-kimmel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Henry Cavill Punch Jimmy Kimmel in the Face twitter:description: And then get kneed by Guillermo twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Henry Cavill Punch Jimmy Kimmel in the Face  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 18, 2016 2:34 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 18, 2016 2:34 PM UTC [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/4262662/kimmel-lie-witness-supreme-court/) knows how to get an audience’s attention, even when he thinks most people watching are drunk. The host staged a gag with guest [Henry Cavill](http://time.com/4233093/henry-cavill-try-asks-kids-batman-v-superman/) on Thursday’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ that was intended to be an eye-grabber for those out drinking for St. Patrick’s Day. “The show is on in bars, and you can’t really hear what’s going on,” Kimmel said. “So if you’ll indulge me, I’d like you to punch me in slow motion. I’ll go flying back that way, and then we’ll play it back in fast motion, and it’ll hopefully freak everybody out.” **Read More:** [_Batman vs. Superman_ Star Proves Clark Kent’s Glasses Are a Surprisingly Effective Disguise](http://time.com/4262202/henry-cavill-superman-clark-kent-disguise-glasses-times-square/) The [_Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice_](http://time.com/4257616/batman-superman-supercut/) star happily obliged and then good-naturedly took his own “beating” from Kimmel’s sidekick Guillermo. Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4264093/henry-cavill-punch-jimmy-kimmel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4264093/henry-cavill-punch-jimmy-kimmel/"},"headline":"Watch Henry Cavill Punch Jimmy Kimmel in the Face","datePublished":"2016-03-18T14:34:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:00.412Z","description":"And then get kneed by Guillermo","url":"https://time.com/4264093/henry-cavill-punch-jimmy-kimmel/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Jimmy Kimmel","Superman","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4264093/henry-cavill-punch-jimmy-kimmel/","name":"Watch Henry Cavill Punch Jimmy Kimmel in the Face"}}]}] ```