Zachary Levi is recent off the premiere of his superhero sequel Shazam: Fury of the Gods, however earlier than the star was a DC hero, he had a flip within the Marvel franchise, although it didn’t transform the position he was anticipating it to be.
In a current interview on the Completely happy, Unhappy, Confused Podcast (by way of GamesRadar), Levi defined that he was initially solid within the position of Fandral in 2011’s Thor, however couldn’t do it resulting from scheduling conflicts. Actor Josh Dallas ended up within the half, however didn’t return for the sequel, so Levi took over, however he’s now stated he thinks Marvel boss Kevin Feige bought him the character, saying he was going to be extra distinguished than turned out to be.
“Feige is like, ‘Hey, would Zach wish to take this position once more?’ And to be sincere, look… and I insisted on speaking to Kevin about it, for 2 causes. One, I noticed the primary film, and I didn’t actually really feel just like the Warriors Three had been utilized in that nice of a approach. And I used to be like, ‘Is that going to be the case once more, as a result of whether it is, I don’t actually wish to do this, you realize?’ And he’s like, ‘No, no, no, it’s gonna be an enormous a part of this film.’ Not a lot, because it turned out.”
Fandral was additionally one of many casualties of Thor 3 the place he was killed fairly unceremoniously. His last line was additionally minimize, Levi revealed throughout a panel on the Heroes and Villains Fan Fest in 2017, per Display Rant.
“What’s on the chopping room ground is me charging at Hela and getting impaled and going ‘For Asgard.’ No s***, I had my final line, my final phrases within the Marvel Universe had been ‘For Asgard.’ Chopping room ground. And once I shot that, it was… yeah, it was a bummer.”
It’s not like Levi ended up in obscurity. He’s carried out fairly effectively for himself, however I’m certain if he may return with hindsight, he’d have chosen his Marvel position extra rigorously. He’s one of the best Shazam! we may ask for although, so all of it labored out in the long run.
