An actor of Cavil's standing is not going to try to score internet points with such a niche crowd that could also have negative backlash.It's like those twitter accounts. Parasocial relationships with people in media and companies are big right now. Of course they will capitalize on it. And as you can see with how the internet reacted to this and other interviews it works. In Cavill's case he is just being himself tho.
This was never going to be that, is the point.