Shazam!
Here ’s a fun behind the scenes tidbit aboutShazam : Two dissimilar actors were initially vagabond to play Mr. Sivana . The DCEU ’s only 2019 first appearance was also possibly its most lighthearted , asShazamtold the story of 14 - year - old Billy Batson ( Asher Angel ) , a surrogate kidskin seek for his female parent . One daytime , Billy crosses paths with an ancient virtuoso ( Djimon Hounsou ) who break him unbelievable great power . When in his powered shape , Billy is a fully - grown grownup ( played by Zachary Levi ) with a teen ’s nous , which inescapably lend itself to some passably rummy moments . Much ofShazamcenters on Billy ’s maturation as he accept the duty that number with his newfound abilities .
The presence of thevillainous Dr. Sivana ( Mark Strong)certainly helps Billy along with that . As Dr. Sivana is one of Billy ’s biggest enemies in the comics , it made sense for his first solo film to also feature Sivana . This iteration of the eccentric is haunted by an scurrilous forefather , which is shown through a flashback at the commencement ofShazam . Sivana ’s Padre also make an appearance in the present day , when Sivana unleash the Seven Deadly Sins on him and his company ’s board . In both time flow , Mr. Sivana is played by John Glover .
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However , that almost was n’t the case . On social media , a fan noted that , because Glover played Mr. Sivana in both the 70 and the present mean solar day , the character did n’t look quite as old as he should have . ShazamdirectorDavid F. Sandbergresponded to this and shared " we originally mould unlike actors for untested and old but test audiences did n’t get that they were the same mortal . " Sandberg then went on to explicate that this can be an issue even if the same actor vary their appearing in a more drastic way , so it ’s important to " Make certain your character have really distinct characteristic . "
Mr. Sivana does n’t have a specially large character inShazam , so there arguably is n’t enough fourth dimension for his appearance to really make an belief with fans . Sandberg ’s explanation for using Glover in both scenes makes sense , though one could sayDr . Sivana simply addressing Glover as his fathercould clear that up . irrespective , Sandberg had to work around the issues note by the trial audiences , and in this case , it resulted in Glover lodge around for an spare scene .
The end - credit scene ofShazamsees Dr. Sivana operate up in a jail cell while DC Comics villain Mister Mind grovel his way inside . It seems likely thatShazam 2(recently titledFury of the Gods ) will see the two team up in parliamentary procedure to battle Billy and his superpowered kinsfolk . Of course , this has n’t been confirmed just yet , but the Mister Mind tantalization is a bit too major to ignore . Dr. Sivana will plausibly be back , though his Father of the Church certainly wo n’t be .
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