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Henry Cavill and Superman, the two words that seemed perfectly in sync could no longer be spoken together. That’s what the director of the recently releasedShazam! Fury of the Godsdirector David F. Sandberg felt when he wanted to hire Henry Cavill for a cameo in the 2019 movie.
After the release of the sequel, the director talked about an iconic cameo that featured a headless Superman in the famous scene ofShazam!(2019). According to Sandberg, he originally wanted Cavill to make a cameo in the movie but his deal with DC had already been bad during those days.
Henry Cavill’s Headless Cameo inShazam!
During the creation ofShazam!back in 2019, there was some confusion surrounding Henry Cavill being in the DCEU. The actor was last seen in Joss Whedon’sJustice Leaguewhich was released in 2017 and Zack Snyder’s vision had not yet come to pass.
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With the release of the sequelShazam! Fury of the Gods,the director of the movie David F. Sandberg talked about his admiration of Henry Cavill and the character of Superman in the DCU (formerly DCEU). Featuring a headless cameo of Superman in the first part, it wasn’t actually Cavill but a stand-in for the actor. According to David Sandberg, things had already been bad forThe Witcheractor during that time which made it impossible forHenry Cavillto give a cameo.
In an interview with Collider, the director talked about the iconic headless cameo that was featured inShazam!(2019) and the behind-the-scenes event for that cameo.
“Yeah. No, it was there from the beginning. I mean, the funny thing was, in the first movie we were gonna have Henry [Cavill] show up as Superman. Then, when we were shooting that scene, they were like, ‘Well, Henry is not gonna make it on this day, so we’ll shoot it with a stand-in and then we’ll have to pick up his coverage later on.'”
TheLights Outdirector continued,
“It’s like, ‘Okay…’ So, we shot it like that, and then the Henry thing fell apart and we couldn’t do it. So we had to just use the stand-in footage, and that’s why it ends before you see his face.”
In the end, the stand-in for Henry Cavill was used but got the job done. The people were clearly hyped up for the crossover before some unfortunate circumstances (like James Gunn) made Henry Cavill depart from the franchise.
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Even A Stand-in For Gal Gadot Was Also Used!
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Welp seems like the DCU is out of actors as a stand-in for Gal Gadot was also used! Although in the sequel, the Israeli actress was not able to make it to the set in Atlanta which caused David F. Sandberg to once again take the help of a stand-in (poor guy).
The director also had a backup plan ready in case Gal Gadot was never able to show up (considering the departures in the DCU) which involved Hellen Mirren’s character.
“It’s like, ‘Sure. Yeah.’ So that’s when I started thinking, ‘Okay, so when we don’t get her, how do we solve it?’ Because it’s such a big– we have to have it in the movie. So I was like, ‘Okay, we need some other god then, I guess. Can we have [Helen Mirren’s] character actually survive? It’s gonna be so lame if she shows up.’ But that was sort of my Plan B.”
Although Plan B did not come to pass, several people were confused about whether it was actually Gal Gadot or just another stand-in for her character. With Henry Cavill out of the picture, Gal Gadot barely in the frame, and no confirmed news for Ben Affleck, the people await what James Gunn will do next with the DCU.
Shazam! Fury of the Godsis currently screening in theaters across the world for the people to watch.
Source:The Direct
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
