SHAZAM! Executive Producer Discusses The Original Plan For [SPOILER's] Appearance

SHAZAM! Executive Producer Discusses The Original Plan For [SPOILER's] Appearance

Shazam! surprised audiences with an epic final scene as a 'work friend' of Zachary Levi's Big Red Cheese tagged along to meet Freddy Freeman (Jack Dylan Grazer). That scene was originally very different.

By MarkJulian - Apr 09, 2019 04:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Shazam
Source: CB
The closing moments of David F. Sandberg's Shazam! saw Billy Batson transformed into his magically-powered alter ego to keep a lunch date with his foster brother Freddy Freeman. He didn't come alone, though, as the Man of Steel accompanied Batson for a surprise cameo. Unfortunately, Henry Cavill didn't reprise his role, and executive producer Peter Safran confirmed that scheduling conflicts prevented him from doing so.  

That's an interesting statement, as previous reports indicated that it was salary negotiations that resulted in Cavill and his team declining to appear.

"At one point, we'd hoped it was going to be Cavill doing it, but unfortunately his schedule didn't allow him to do it," Safran stated. He continued, "We still wanted to do it anyway, and it turned out to be better, because it let us do a hard cut on Freddy's reaction, because if we had Cavill there, we'd actually written lines, they had a dialogue, but then it's a little bit of a hat on hat, because really what it's about is Freddy's reaction, so we got to get out on that."

Speaking about another cameo, Safran touched on whether that was specifically Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Black Adams that appeared in the magical illusion created by Djimon Hounsou's Wizard.

"Clearly, we don't say that it's a tease of Black Adam, but a perceptive individual like yourself might make the argument that that was, in fact, Black Adam that the wizard was referring to.  I think, again, it's just something for the fans, people that know a lot about the history of Shazam!. It's a fun thing to think about. For those that don't, it's just part of the origin story. It's just learning the history of the wizard and his brothers and sisters who are protecting the realms."
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WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 4/9/2019, 4:34 AM
"unfortunately his schedule didn't allow him to do it. In fact he's never coming back."
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 4/9/2019, 4:36 AM
@WakandanQueen
Shieeet you made me double check! :P
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 4/9/2019, 4:40 AM
@WakandanQueen - i like the ending better without Cavil, its more hilarious and open to interpretation
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 4/9/2019, 4:42 AM
@mastakilla39 - Me too tbh.
aflynn
aflynn - 4/9/2019, 4:49 AM
@WakandanQueen - Yup Cavill was too busy [frick]ing off.
bigdannymac
bigdannymac - 4/9/2019, 4:36 AM
Awesome news all around!

Can't wait for the sequel!!
SuperManes
SuperManes - 4/9/2019, 4:38 AM
Really hope Cavill comes back, I think he and Levi would be awesome on screen together. Plus I really want to see his Supes and Levi's Marvel against the Rocks Adam.
KingLeonidas
KingLeonidas - 4/9/2019, 4:53 AM
Scheduling conflict is the great Hollywood euphemism. It basically means a salary dispute or a dispute over the scene itself or some such.
TMW1987ProudProWrestlingFan
TMW1987ProudProWrestlingFan - 4/9/2019, 4:57 AM
Easily my favourite DC film, they're starting to get better.

Wonder Woman wa smy favourite, then I preferred Aquaman more & then Shazam surpassed that for me, Top 3 easily goes Shazam, Aquaman & then Wonder Woman.

Shame we won't have Batfleck & maybes even Ezra Flash soon not playing in this sandbox!
IronMandarin
IronMandarin - 4/9/2019, 5:02 AM
I like to think they obscured Supermans face because he still had the blurry CGI mostache and they didn't want to show it.

Montyzuma
Montyzuma - 4/9/2019, 5:15 AM
This was a missed opportunity. Wouldn't Superman, witnessing a guy fly around with similar powers, wonder if it's another Kryptonian? This meeting should have been filmed, especially if there are future plans for a shared world.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 4/9/2019, 5:15 AM
It was a great scene in a great movie, but they really should've got someone who had the same physique as Cavill
IronMandarin
IronMandarin - 4/9/2019, 5:15 AM
My current ranking of DCEU films

1. Wonder Woman
2. Shazam
3. Aquaman
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4. Man of Steel
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5. Justice League
6. Suicide Squad
7. Batman V Superman
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 4/9/2019, 5:17 AM
If WB REALLY wants Cavill back, no doubt he'll sign up for more films.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 4/9/2019, 5:35 AM
Seems like a bit of a waste of the first meeting between Superman and Shazam just to get this gag.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 4/9/2019, 5:35 AM
If he was actually too busy you should have just gotten Gadot and Mamoa. An actually cameo is a lot more fun.

Obviously it was a reference to Black Adam, no interpretation needed. And it was the perfect way to do it.

So great that the DCEU finally has a foundation of three films to build upon. Please give us all a real Justice League one day.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 4/9/2019, 5:55 AM
@Soos - Well funny is what they were going for in that scene. But it doesn’t take but single line of dialogue to make any cameo fit there, Aquaman and Wonder Woman were both characters referenced in the movie.
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