In a short time, James Gunn and Peter Safran have managed to stir up a lot of trouble at DC and are now facing stinging criticism in many quarters. Not least for having given the internet’s own darling Cavill the kick as Superman. But not everyone is against the two new gentlemen on the block and now Shazam star Zachary Levi comes to their defense.
“You have no idea the reasonings behind any of the decisions that are going on. The amount of conjecture and rumor mill and drama and nonsense that keeps getting spun around out there on Instagram and Twitter is laughable. It is unbelievably laughable. So I would just say be patient and give them some space and some time to try and really make something special. And I think something that DC deserves to have and something that [Zack] Snyder tried to do, and it just didn’t ultimately materialize, guys.”
Gunn himself needed to come out and openly declare that the firing of Cavill not was due to some of his personal opinions about the star. Something Levi also pointed out and elaborated on.
“not just making decisions because they like someone or don’t like someone. They’re making decisions based on what is best for Warner Bros., DC, that entire studio and entity and trying to make as many fans, as much of an audience, happy as they can.”
Levi continued even then by rounding off in the following way.
“If you’re out there and really like what happened before, you can do that. That’s fine. But realize that there’s a lot of people who didn’t like those things, and we should always be trying to tap into as much audience as possible, make as many people happy as possible. That’s what we’re in entertainment for, and that’s what I think Peter and James are trying to do. And it’s not an easy position. They got handed all these things that were already in a lot of conflict. So guys, just fucking give ’em a break. Take it easy. Take a breath. It’s the holidays, for god’s sake. Just go enjoy what the holidays are, give them some time to enjoy the holidays, and let’s see what happens on the other side of this.”
Do you think Levi has a point in what he says, have Gunn and Safran gotten way too much crap for cleaning house?
Source: Variety
