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 develop into the function he was anticipating it to be.
In a current interview on the Joyful, Unhappy, Confused Podcast (through GamesRadar), Levi defined that he was initially solid within the function of Fandral in 2011’s Thor, however couldn’t do it as a result of 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 need to take this function 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 need to try this, you recognize?’ 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 closing 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 slicing room flooring 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 flooring. And after I shot that, it was… yeah, it was a bummer.”
It’s not like Levi ended up in obscurity. He’s completed fairly nicely for himself, however I’m certain if he may return with hindsight, he’d have chosen his Marvel function extra rigorously. He’s the most effective Shazam! we may ask for although, so all of it labored out in the long run.
