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Zachary Levi Strikes Back: The Trump-Voting ‘Shazam!’ Star on Feeling Hollywood’s Wrath Over Vaccine Skepticism and the $100 Million Studio He’s Building in Austin


The outspoken 'Shazam!' star is ready to shed his pariah status and embark on a risky plan to launch a Hollywood studio in Texas.

While Rogan is untouchable as Spotify’s golden goose podcaster and Harrelson gets a pass because he only strays from Hollywood orthodoxy on the vaccine issue, Levi is particularly vulnerable; his career was already cooling before he spoke out. ” movies was joyful, and Levi is still talking about his “Shazamily.” But a changing of the DC guard from Walter Hamada to James Gunn and Peter Safran meant that the previous regime’s titles were dumped into the marketplace in 2023 with little marketing. Back in 2009, Kenneth Branagh cast Levi as the charismatic warrior Fandral in “Thor.” Then NBC ordered six additional episodes of “Chuck,” and his schedule would no longer permit the “Thor” production.

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