Shazam 2's Zachary Levi says Hollywood releases a lot of "garbage" movies

Shazam Fury of the Gods
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Shazam actor Zachary Levi has slammed Hollywoodꦰ for releasing "gꦛarbage" movies – and has asked audiences to vote with their feet.

"I personally feel like the amount of content that comes out of Hollywood that is garbage — they don't care enough to actually make it great for you guys. They don't," Levi tol👍d the crowd at Chicago Fan Expo (H/T ).  "How many times do you watch a trailer and go, 'Oh my god, this looks so cool!' Then you go to the movie and it's like, 'This was what I get?'꧑"

"They know that once you've already bought the ticket and you're in the 𒐪seat, they've got your money," Levi said, adding that meaningful change will only arrive if crowds don’t turn up to what he feels are low-quality releases.

"The only way for us to change any of it is to not go to the garbage," Levi remarked. "We have to actively not choose the garbage. It'll help. It'll help꧟ a lot."

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