After Shazam!, Zachary Levi thought he was going to become The Rock or Chris Evans

By supporting Donald Trump during a meeting, Levi said he was committing “professional suicide”. But the truth is certainly a little more complex than that.

“ I wanted to be taken seriously (…) After Shazam!depending on the success of the film, it might be easier to choose my roles », told us Zachary Levi in ​​2019. The star of the series Chuck had just shot the superhero film and hoped to see his career take off. This was not the case, and the crushing failure of Shazam! The Rage of the Gods hammered the final nail into the coffin. On September 28, during a meeting in Michigan, the actor officially supported Donald Trump on stage, claiming to commit “ professional suicide » and annihilate all his chances of filming in a Hollywood world “ very, very liberal “.

The choice of Levi, a convinced anti-vax, obviously did not surprise many people in the community, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “ Many people here had already assumed that Levi's career was almost dead », writes the newspaper, which cites in particular Harold and the Magic Pencil (in French cinemas on October 16), where it plays the leading role, as one of the biggest fours of the year.

And THR to explain the “suicidal” behavior of Zachary Levi through the quote of one of his relatives: “ When he was cast for Shazamit was literally his dream. He thought this was his chance to become The Rock or Chris Evans. But that is not what happened and he remained bitter about it. » Moreover, the actor no longer even lives in Los Angeles, he has settled in a Texan ranch, far from worldly life. He threw himself fully into Catholic film projects like American Underdog Or The Unbreakable Boy (Levi is himself a practicing Christian and speaks openly about it). And the Hollywood Reporter to conclude with the idea that if the actor decided to support Trump, it is less to commit a “ professional suicide » only to ensure that he charms a conservative fanbase who will go see his Catholic feature films.

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