Shazam! star Zachary Levi has opened up about the recent drama surrounding DC’s newly appointed co-bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran and the studio’s revamped future. Last week, Gunn caused quite a stir on the internet announcing a new Superman movie in the works without Henry Cavill. The news disappointed many causing some “uproarious and unkind” backlash from longtime DC fans.
However, as reported by Variety, Levi came to Gunn and Safran’s defense on Thursday night during an Instagram Live, encouraging DC fans to give the new CEOs “time to make something special.”
“You have no idea the reasoning behind any of the decisions that are going on. The amount of conjecture and rumor mill and drama and nonsense that keeps getting spun around out there on Instagram and Twitter is laughable. It is unbelievably laughable,” Levi said.
“So I would just say be patient, and give them some space and some time to try and really make something special,” he added. “And I think something that DC deserves to have, and something that [Zack] Snyder tried to do and it just didn’t ultimately materialize, guys.”
Levi further added that the new DC co-heads are “not just making decisions because they like someone or don’t like someone. They’re making decisions based on what is best for Warner Bros., DC, that entire studio and entity and trying to make as many fans, as much of an audience, happy as they can.”
“If you’re out there and really like what happened before, you can do that, that’s fine,” Levi continued. “But realize that there’s a lot of people who didn’t like those things, and we should always be trying to tap into as much audience as possible, make as many people happy as possible.
He added, “That’s what we’re in entertainment for, and that’s what I think Peter and James are trying to do. And it’s not an easy position, they got handed all these things that were already in a lot of conflict. So guys, just fucking give ’em a break. Take it easy. Take a breath. It’s the holidays, for god’s sake.”
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“Just go enjoy what the holidays are, give them some time to enjoy the holidays, and let’s see what happens on the other side of this,” he noted. “Listen, I have no idea what ultimately is going to happen to me. I think I’m in a pretty good position, I think we made a great movie, I think it’s going to do well — reasonably well, I hope so. But again, regardless of that, if they decide at some point that this is the way we gotta go — them’s the breaks, that’s how it goes.”
Levi will next star in Shazam! Fury of the Gods scheduled for release on March 17, 2023.
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