Zachary Levi may be the face of Shazam! now, but before that, he was Fandral of the Warriors Three in the last two Thor movies. While Levi is happy to be working for DC, it seems that he has some gripes with how his character was treated when he was working for the MCU.
Talking to Empire, Levi shared:
"I just don't think those characters were quite utilized to the best of their abilities… Thor and the Warriors Three could have been a really cool little trilogy of team movies, and we didn't really have that much impact. Particularly not in Ragnarok – I mean, I didn't even have a line."
While I get that Hela taking out the Warriors was supposed to showcase how powerful she was, I thought that the Warriors deserved a better ending than what they got. After all, they've been fighting alongside Thor since the first film. You'd think that director Taika Waititi would care enough to at least have them die together.
With Avengers: Endgame dealing with time travel, I am kind of holding out hope that they will somehow manage to resurrect the Warriors in some way. Not to mention we don't even know where Lady Sif is. I'm thinking Disney could showcase them in their upcoming Marvel miniseries, but I think a prequel based on the Warriors Three will just frustrate me more on how easily they were written off.
Hopefully, Marvel has plans to remedy this, but I'm fine if they drop the characters entirely.
Catch Levi in Shazam! when it airs April 5.
See Also: New Shazam! Image Released, Zachary Levi Talks Joining the Justice League
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