

And for more on Shazam!, check out the trailer, our explainer on its villain Dr.

Sivana, and discover how Shazam! fits into the DCEU. Not all of the Warriors Three will be returning for Thor 2.

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I’m so happy.” For more of what we learned from our visit to the set, read up on how Shazam is a foil to Man of Steel, discover which other DC supervillains appear in the movie besides Dr. Marvel is eyeing Zachary Levi to star in THOR 2 as a replacement for Joshua Dallas as Fandral, one of the Asgardian Warriors Three. He uses his middle name as his stage surname because his birth name, 'Pugh', which is of Welsh origin, sounds too much like 'Pew.' His other ancestry includes English, French. They didn’t.” “If didn’t die, I might still be under contract with Marvel and I never would have been able to get this job. Hogun, Volstagg and Fandral, played by Tadanobu Asano, Ray Stevenson and Zachary Levi respectively, had become fan favorites in the Thor franchise, but they met their end at the hands of Hela. The middle child between two sisters, Zachary Levi was born as Zachary Levi Pugh on Septemin Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Susan (Hoctor) and Darrell Alton Pugh. “When I got cast as Fandral in, though I wasn’t able to do it, I knew that the Warriors Three could be really fun characters if they ever developed them,” Levi said. Indeed, Levi appeared thankful to no longer be tied to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But from what Levi told the press on the set of Shazam! last year, Fandral getting (quickly) killed off in Thor: Ragnarok was a blessing. Levi had replaced Josh Dallas, who played Fandral, one of the Warriors Three, in the first Thor movie.
