There's a good chance that you don't have any recollection of Zachary Levi's role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and it's quite understandable because the actor's brief stint in the Thor franchise as Fandral, one of the Warriors Three left virtually nothing to be desired. If the Shazam! actor had his way with things, however, he would have loved to make a mark in the Marvel realm but unfortunately, that just wasn't to be.
Appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Levi recalled his failed MCU stint and how the Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige lied to him about his role in Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok. Apparently, the actor was promised a more substantial arc for Fandral but it didn't quite happen.
He told host Josh Horowitz: "Feige is like, ‘Hey, would Zach want to take this role again?’ And to be honest, look… and I insisted on talking to Kevin about it, for two reasons. One, I saw the first movie, and I didn’t really feel like the Warriors Three were utilized in that great of a way. And I was like, ‘Is that going to be the case again, because if it is, I don’t really want to do that, you know?’ And he’s like, ‘No, no, no, it’s gonna be a huge part of this movie.’ Not so much, as it turned out."
The DC star also admitted that was initially hesitant about accepting the role because he was eyeing to play a different and much more significant character. Levi added: "I was like ‘Hey, listen I also don’t want this to preclude me from being able to be another character. If this is the only chip I get to play, then thanks, but I would rather wait for something else.'"
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Sadly, his tenure as the Earth's Mightiest Mortal over at DC also hasn't been that successful and while we don't know what the future holds for Levi, maybe it's time to
Meanwhile, DC's Shazam! Fury of the Gods is still showing in theaters.
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