Dwayne Johnson refused to allow Black Adam cameo in ‘Shazam! 2’
nme.comDwayne Johnson has opened up about refusing to allow ‘Black Adam’ a cameo in Shazam! 2 and how he pushed for a separate film for the character instead.In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Johnson explained why he wanted Black Adam to have his own film rather than be introduced in Shazam!, explaining that he felt it would do the character a “disservice”.He explained: “When the first draft of the movie came to us, it was a combination of Black Adam and Shazam: two origin stories in one movie.
Now that was the goal – so it wasn’t a complete surprise. But when I read that, I just knew in my gut, ‘We can’t make this movie like this.
We would be doing Black Adam an incredible disservice.’ It would’ve been fine for Shazam having two origin stories converge in one movie, but not good for Black Adam.”The actor went on to explain how he called those involved with the movie to express his unease at the idea.“I said, ‘I have to share my thoughts here.
It’s very unpopular’ because everybody thought, ‘Hey, this script is great, let’s go make this movie.’ I said, ‘I really think that you should make Shazam!, make that movie on its own in the tone that you want.
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