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Exclusive Interview – Mark Strong talks Shazam! and his role as Doctor Sivana

March 29, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Having starred as Sinestro back in 2011’s Green Lantern, British actor Mark Strong returns to the DC Universe this coming week for another villainous turn as Doctor Thaddeus Sivana, the antagonist to Zachary Levi’s Shazam! in the latest DCEU superhero blockbuster.

Ahead of the film’s release, Flickering Myth’s Sarah Bradbury got the chance to sit down with Mark to discuss the movie and his approach to his character; check it out in the video below, and be sure to head on over to our YouTube channel for more exclusive Shazam! interviews…

We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s (Asher Angel) case, by shouting out one word—SHAZAM!—this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam (Zachary Levi), courtesy of an ancient wizard. Still a kid at heart—inside a ripped, godlike body—Shazam revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! Can he fly? Does he have X-ray vision? Can he shoot lightning out of his hands? Can he skip his social studies test? Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a child. But he’ll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong).

Shazam sees Zachary Levi starring as the titular superhero, with Asher Angel as his young alter-ego Billy Batson, Jack Dylan Grazer as Freddy Freeman, Ian Chen as Eugene Choi, Jovan Armand as Pedro Peña, Grace Fulton as Mary Marvel, Cooper Andrews as Victor Vasquez, Faithe Herman as Darla Dudley, Mark Strong as Dr. Thaddeus Sivana, Djimon Hounsou as the Wizard, Adam Brody as Freddie Freeman, Ross Butler as Eugene Choi, D. J. Cotrona as Pedro Pena, Meagan Good as Darla Dudley, and Michelle Borth as Mary Bromfield. The film is set for release on April 5th 2019.

Filed Under: Exclusives, Interviews, Movies, Sarah Bradbury Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, Mark Strong, Shazam

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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