Shazam 2 director on bringing together *that* major DC cameo – and the "lame" backup plan

Shazam Fury of the Gods
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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Shazam! Fury of the Gods director David F𒉰. Sandberg has spoken about the sequel’s major DC cameo – and why he thought it wouldn’t actually happen.

Spoilers for Shazam! Fury of the Gods follow.

, referring to the first movie’s post-credits scene which featured Superman – or𝄹iginally meant to be played by Cavill –🦩 but with his face obscured.

This time, another Justice League member arrives. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Wonder Woman, played by Gal Gadot, is the one to put the wizard's staff back togeth👍er and resurrect Shazam after his Daughters of Atlas showdown ended with Billy Batson dying.

"When we had her in the script, I still didn’t believe it. What happened in the first one with Henry Cavill was when we shot the scene they said he can’t be here for the scene, we’ll shoot it with a stand-in and 🍸pick up the pieces later on. But that didn’t happen."

Sa💃ndberg continues, "On this one, it was the same thing. Oh, Gal is not going to be able to come here, shoot with a stand-in, figure out what pieces we need and pick up her pieces. I was like, ‘yeah, sure’."

Perhaps fearing more disappointment, the director considered a "lame" backup plan. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Fury of the Gods ending needed a god, after all.

"So I started thinking about a p🧸lan B of what other gods can we have to resurrect Shazam, can Helen [Mirren]’s character come back? That’s gonna be 𝐆lame. Then it actually did happen, which I was very happy about. We could poke fun at the first movie with the headless cameo and things like that."

For more ꦡfrom our interview with Sandberg, check out the late🐭st episode of the Inside Total Film podcast, available on:

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