Zachary Levi Says Kevin Feige Instructed Him His Function in THOR 2 Was Going to Be Approach Greater Than It Turned Out to Be — GeekTyrant

Zachary Levi is contemporary 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 function he was anticipating it to be.

In a current interview on the Glad, Unhappy, Confused Podcast (by way of GamesRadar), Levi defined that he was initially solid within the function 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 offered 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 function once more?’ And to be trustworthy, 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 have 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 try this, you understand?’ 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 reduce, Levi revealed throughout a panel on the Heroes and Villains Fan Fest in 2017, per Display screen Rant.

“What’s on the reducing 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 have been ‘For Asgard.’ Slicing room flooring. And once I shot that, it was… yeah, it was a bummer.”

It’s not like Levi ended up in obscurity. He’s performed fairly effectively for himself, however I’m certain if he may return with hindsight, he’d have chosen his Marvel function extra rigorously. He’s one of the best Shazam! we may ask for although, so all of it labored out ultimately.