Shazam 2 actor Zachary Levi latest tweet labeled "mature" amid ongoing box office backlash

A still from Shazam 2 (Image via WB)
A still from Shazam 2 (Image via WB)

Things haven't been great for the DC extended universe, which recently saw the release of Shazam 2 amidst another underwhelming box-office opening. The film has already broken the record for the lowest opening in DC history with only $30 million earned in its opening weekend.

It is also one of the last films of the current era of DC movies, which is set to be reworked entirely under the guidance of James Gunn.

After the very underwhelming performance of Shazam 2, Zachary Levi, the star of the film, opened up about the ongoing toxicity of Zack Snyder fans in a recent interview. This landed the actor in hot waters with angry DC fans who were already at loggerheads with the studio. Replying to some fans' criticism, in a tweet on March 21, the actor urged everyone to "stand taller."

Zachary's response has won hearts as fans praised his mature response amid the box-office travesty.

Despite what becomes of Shazam 2, Zachary Levi has addressed a few important issues in his interview about the current DC fanbase.


What are fans saying about Shazam star Zachary Levi after his recent comments?

Levi responded with very careful consideration to the fans who called him out on Twitter, resulting in others coming in his support. Many labeled the Shazam 2 star's response as mature and respectful.

Zachary Levi started this controversy when he spoke on The Happy Sad Confused podcast with Josh Horowitz about the pressures of playing a DC hero and the expectations of fans that come with it. He also called out the toxicity prevailing in the DC universe's fanbase, which has now started to negate anything that is not connected to the SnyderVerse canon stories.

Referring to SnyderVerse fans, Levi said:

"There’s a whole contingent of comic book fans that it’s really unfortunate that there’s this one particular group of people that think I… well, they don’t like me, because I don’t agree with them on other comic book movies. You know who I’m talking about."

He added:

"But instead of there being a conversation, they take up so many of my words, or things completely out of context, and then they go stir up all their other people that they know online, and they all just want to attack, and attack, and attack, and attack. And it’s really sad, because this is just one example of so many examples of the amount of just venom, and toxicity, and bullying that goes on in these cyber dimensions."

This started the ongoing Twitter war that is seeing a strong clash between the two sides.


Shazam 2 is currently running in theaters.

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