This March, Zachary Levi is set to take on the title role in Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Shazam!, becoming one of just a handful of actors to appear in both the DC Extended Universe and the Marvel Cinematic Universe following his two previous outings as Fandral, one of the Warriors Three from the Thor movies.
Levi first took on the role of the dashing Asgardian for Thor: The Dark World, replacing Josh Dallas from the first movie, and then briefly reprised his role for Thor: Ragnarok, the latter of which saw him killed off within seconds at the hands of Cate Blanchett’s Hela.
While some people were left a little disappointed that we didn’t get to see more of the Warriors Three, Levi isn’t one of them, with the actor telling CinemaBlend:
“When I got cast as Fandral in [Thor: The Dark World], though I wasn’t able to do it, I knew that the Warriors Three could be really fun characters if they ever developed them. They just didn’t. They didn’t. But then the truth is, to be honest, if let’s say Fandral was still alive and let’s say they had me to be in the Avengers, I’d probably be sitting in Atlanta for three months doing almost nothing while everyone else [worked]…and then they’d be, ‘Okay now we’re ready for you and you guys go in.’ And then we’d get killed then. So the way it all worked out is it exactly the way it was supposed to.”
“If Fandral didn’t die, I might still be under contract with Marvel and I never would have been able to get this job [as Shazam!],” he continued. “And I say fuck that! This is the coolest thing ever. I’m so happy.”
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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 will see 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.
