Zachary Levi is clearing up a recent “offhand remark” he made over Hollywood strike restrictions that’s “being taken out of context.”
28.07.2023 - 20:39 / nme.com
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods’ poor reception.Directed by David F. Sandberg, the DC sequel received a mixed response from critics, earning a score of 49 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes.
The film went on to perform poorly, grossing $134million at the global box office, compared to $367million for the 2019 original.Speaking on The FilmUp Podcast, Levi, who plays the lead role, defended Shazam! Fury Of The Gods against the negativity, describing it as “a good darn movie”.Asked about the likelihood of seeing a sequel, Levi said: “As an experience, I really enjoyed making that movie and I really enjoyed playing that part. I don’t know what the future holds for it all, because, unfortunately, the second movie was not as well-received.
The audience score is still quite good, but the critics score was, I don’t know, very oddly and perplexingly low, and people were insanely unkind.“Listen, I’ve been a part of things and as much as I wish that they were good, I know that they’re OK, I know they missed a lot. I’m not saying Shazam! Fury Of The Gods is some perfect Orson Welles masterpiece, but it’s a good darn movie.”The actor said the world “shifted so much” in the four-year gap between the first Shazam! and its sequel, adding: “Social media has shifted so much, online hate and haters and trolls and factions and all of that has just gotten more galvanised in its toxicity, and I think that there are people that genuinely, unfortunately, want to destroy certain projects because they don’t like them or they don’t like me or other people involved in them or whatever.”Levi, however, hopes that Shazam! Fury Of The Gods will be reevaluated in the years to come.
“I just hope or believe that history will show,” he added. “It will be one of those
.Zachary Levi is clearing up a recent “offhand remark” he made over Hollywood strike restrictions that’s “being taken out of context.”
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Zachary Levi isn’t afraid an actor afraid to voice his views, particularly on why “Shazam!: Fury Of The Gods” did so poorly at the box office earlier this year. But the actor had to clarify comments he made at a Manchester Comic-Con last week about the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike went viral.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director It’s been several months since “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” flopped at the box office, and star Zachary Levi is still somewhat perplexed by the comic book sequel’s reception. Levi appeared on a new episode of “The FilmUp Podcast” (via IGN) and lamented over people being so “insanely unkind” to his second “Shazam” movie. Critics dismissed the movie (it holds a 49% on Rotten Tomatoes) and it only grossed $57 million at the domestic box office.
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