They did not even know that they would play superheroes. And the adult Darla, it was Darla who had a driving test, and she is a total motor mouth. Adam Brody played the Water Boy in a basketball team that finally got the opportunity – the coach puts him in the game. We invented a fake scene for every adult child that basically reflected their personality as what they would consider adults. "We did not let anyone know what those roles were.
"They did not know they were auditioning for superhero roles," laughed the producer. We talked to Shazam! Producer Peter Safran on the decision to cast the actors in these roles.
But now the activated versions of Freddy and Pedro are played by Brody and Cotrona, respectively.
Cotrona would have played Superman, and Brody would be the lightning. George Miller (the Mad Max series) was to introduce the movie to the DCEU under the name Justice League: Mortal before Warner Bros. Of course, eagle-eye lovers have noticed that some of the actors that make up the Shazam family playing in the film, had previously had a tie with DC superheroism: Adam Brody and DJ Cotrona emerged as a family member, and both actors were cast in the Justice League film, which has never happened. The 52-Shazam Family After the New Shazam Family Billy, Freddy and Mary are joined by Eugene, Pedro and Darla. Recently, DC's New 52 restart has introduced the version of the Shazam family that makes up the movie, including Billy Batson and his foster-sisters.
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The characters then remained in limbo for decades before it became ironic enough to wind up in DC, where over the years a series of reboots to their origins and stories took place. The various Captain Marvel / Shazam books were very popular in the 1940s, but a DC comics lawsuit led to them all ending in the early 1950s. And there were other characters like Mister Tawky Tawny (a talking tiger) and Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (er huh), who were more peripheral members of the Captain Marvel family and were pretty crazy in this kind of Golden Age. He was not, but he still became part of the family and put on a shazam suit for undoubtedly dangerous adventures he could not record with the other members of the group. Then we have Uncle Marvel, an impotent old man named Dudley, who claimed to be an uncle of the miracles. They all looked the same and wore the same costumes, which was boring and led to the birth of Freddy and Mary. There was also Lieutenant Marvel's at the time, three boys were also called Billy Batson and were also equipped with the power of Shazam. Mary Batson was now the twin sister of Captain Marvel's counterpart Billy Batson (and just had to say "Shazam" to transform, which seems a bit superfluous). To access his powers, he had to say "Captain Marvel" instead of "Shazam" and he remained a teenager even in his super form. and Mary Marvel are the versions of Freddy Freeman and Mary Batson.Īlthough the continuity of Captain Marvel / Shazam has been re-launched many times over the years, Freddy was granted his powers by Captain Marvel after a suture with one Villain called Captain Nazi (yep).
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(The full story about Shazam's complicated story can be found here.) First, they appeared in Whizz Comics # 25 (December 1941) and Captain Marvel Adventures # 18 (December 1942) by Fawcett Comics. Of course, their names come from a time when Shazam! was still known as Captain Marvel and was in fact not even a DC comics character. The most famous members of the group are, in addition to the Big Red Cheese itself, Captain Marvel, Jr. The Shazam family is part of a long-running trend of superhero "families" like the Batman family and the Superman family, except that these guys were basically the originals: a whole squad of superhero companions with very similar powers and costumes for the main hero. Scroll through the gallery below for the cast of Shazam !:īut who exactly is the Shazam family – formerly known as the Captain Marvel Family – and what's their story? Let's get rid of it … In a kind of plot development that could be saved for a movie sequel, Shazam! went totally there and introduces the entire Shazam family in their third act – the Shazamily! The full cast of Shazam! is even more impressive than you could possibly imagine, including Adam Brody and DJ Catrona in closely guarded secret roles. Zachary Levis Shazam is not the only superhero in the new DCEU movie.įULL SPOILERS for Shazam! Learn more about Shazam! See our review, our breakdown of end credits scenes, and our explanation of the film's big cameo.
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