Last month Dwayne Johnson shared a few words about his upcoming role as Black Adam in the Shazam movie, and the possibility of him squaring off against the likes of Batman (Ben Affleck) and Superman (Henry Cavill) in the DC Cinematic Universe. Well, The Rock has now offered up a few more comments about the character, specifically the possibility of exploring his heroic side, and whether we might see him joining the Justice League at some point in the future.
“I think so, and I think you always want to leave that creatively open, that he could join the Justice League,” Johnson tells IGN. “I think that’s the fun part of creating this character right now and everybody involved, from the studio, from New Line, to Warner Bros., as well, to the writer, our producing partners. You definitely want to engage in his heroic side, but that has to be earned and with the mythology of Black Adam starting off as a slave, because when you start off as a slave, just inherently, there’s things in your DNA that piss you off. And that’s the bottom line, so I think we have to respect and pay homage to the true mythology and then the heroic side will come down the line. But I think it’s important and we all feel it’s important and I believe the fans feel it’s important to make sure the homage is paid at the beginning because then you have a stronger foundation to stand on, and so he will become an anti-hero, but at first… daddy’s got to go to work.”
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Shazam is set for release on April 5th 2019.
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Originally published March 21, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
