SHAZAM's Zachary Levi Panel – LA Comic Con 2021

johnson playing black adam I'm great, great, I mean, no, we haven't worked together, I, you, I know a lot, I'm sure a lot of people should smile, but I think it's great, I mean, I think I hope that the movies Black Adam be great and be incredible. Totally unintentional pun. More subconscious. Don't know. But yes, I think. It's cool, I hope one day we get to have gas wives or something that would be really fun, but I can't, that's way above my pay grade, I just show up where they tell me to show up, uh, and let's go back. around here, so you were doing uh Alvin and the Chipmunks, you did Flynn Ryder, you did all these movies and you were amazing in them, you're totally funny, do you plan on doing anything more serious in the future?

Yeah, well, actually I have a movie. It comes out on Christmas called American Underdog where I play the Ram when they were in St Louis but they're still the La Rams and uh yeah, it's Kurt Warner, he's a hall of fame quarterback, he has an amazing cinderella story and I have to be Kurt and there's a lot of drama, there's a lot of reality in the sense that the movie is like football 25, 75 percent of it is just living life, marriage and children and trying to fight and, you know, get coins outside to put gas in the tank, I mean.

I think a lot of us can relate to those kinds of moments, and that was all him and filling the shelves of a grocery store and all that, so there's a lot of substance and drama in that and then I made another movie, right? Around that same time it's called Unbreakable Boy and it comes out in March and there's a lot more drama in that too so I hope you all go see both and I hope you all enjoy them yeah thank you yeah oh yeah you gotta shout it out , shout it out. it was great working with david said david sandberg is the director of

shazam

it was great he's that guy he's very artistic and you know he came out of the horror world so he brings something like, you know, determination and edge and all that and it was great, It's a very interesting Scandinavian cat, you know, how much time do we have?

By the way, I will continue until someone tells me to shut up. Yes, hello, I saw you on Broadway too and she loves me. and it was amazing, I was wondering what it would be like to go from te

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sion and film to the live stage, well the truth is that I started in theater, you know, when I was four years old and I wanted to make people laugh. The first thing I discovered was, oh, there's this thing called theater, so idiots like me could do this all the time without realizing that I was getting addicted to the dopamine rush of a bunch of strangers validating me, but we don't need to do it. in my therapy right now um although everyone should go to therapy therapy mental health I'm serious, do it um actually you know what I'm going to take a moment right now I think this is important I would like to see a raise of everyone's hand on this audience that deals with stress on a regular basis.

Wow, look at all those hands, uh, hands down. By the way, I would like to see a show in the hands of everyone who deals with anxiety on a regular basis. Look around this room when you ask this and no doubt how many people deal with depression on a regular basis. Yes, me too, all three of them. You're not alone. I don't care what you are going through in your head and in your heart and on your journey you are not alone, talk about it, destigmatize mental health, mental health is like dental health guys, it starts as a small cavity and then it goes away. turns into a root canal, so let's catch them while they're cavities anyway, so, yeah, let's go. from uh, yeah, yeah, uh, movie and to the stage, yeah, so I was already on stage like most of my life.

I loved. I love it. I had been doing film and te

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sion for a while, so getting back on stage, in particular, was a big deal. The Broadway stage was yes, it was a little stressful, but I had wonderful people around me. That was a show called First Date that I did in 2013. Some people. Some people. Did you see it live? Don't use it on YouTube. okay, it's a no, I can't hear you, you bought it, how could you buy it? Oh you bought the soundtrack yeah yeah copy that cop okay masks suck so that would be that would be all that thanks for your question and back here bouncing to move on first of all thanks for being here with us today, bro, I appreciate it, man, bring out your energy absolutely, man, um, I love you guys, seriously, man, I love these things, I love people, so, in your own words in a fight between

shazam

and superman who wins bro, I mean bro, gotta bet on me, I'm magical, bro, but anyone knows Superman, yeah, kryptonite, he ruins it.

Magic ruins them even more, but honestly, I mean base. In the

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s it's more or less like a rubber match, as you know, and I like that, I like that they're not choosing a winner, but clearly I'm going to kick his ass, I don't know what I'm talking about. About, I mean, who is Superman? What are we talking about? I'm just saying there are a lot of them. What are you talking about? Pick one guys, who I'm fighting, thanks, Tom Welling, Tom and I out there a minute, a minute, oh yeah, one. I'm a big fan of all your work, thanks man, you nailed Shazam, thanks, I have to say, which superheroes would you like to meet in your own movie?

Well, all of them, I don't know, I think so. I think Billy Batson would love to like working with Wonder Woman because he's crazy about her. I think he would love to go work with Like the Flash because they are both young and would like to have a foothold. races and things like that uh, fighting Superman obviously that's on the list. I think it would be really fun if Billy Batson and Peter Parker met. I would like that to happen because they are very similar and they are naive and just want. to help the world and good hearts and all that i think peter has it a little under control a little better billy is still finding his way through it all but yeah i think it would be fun yeah cheers and i think we could have time to one more, one more, oh yeah, I think we got a good one at the end, what's up little man, what's your question, uh, oh, I like your movie, Shazam, but what's your favorite animal, what's my animal favorite, this is a great way to end it?

Well, I mean dogs are the best animal, right? For us, we domesticated them a long time ago, which means they are our best friends and they are lovely and cuttable, and we also did some crazy things with them. We also used to be wolves and now we have chihuahuas and that's a crazy hybridization, um, but other than that, I think I like those little things in um, in Australia, I can't remember the name, but they look a little similar. no, no, koalas, no, no, all at once, what she said, look, look, just, oh, they're always smiling, how is it possible not to love an animal that's always smiling, so it's a charlatan?

Thank you so much for your question, I love you guys, thank you so much for your time, go see American Underdog on Christmas Day please, it would mean a lot to me, happy holidays, merry Christmas, I'll see you at my booth, I love the peace and chicken fat, this is john glover and you're watching featured fandom, be sure to like, share and subscribe. Lionel Luther recommends it. Have some fun. Follow your fandom.