Zachary Levi

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q139638: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Thor: The Dark World (2013); Shazam! (2019); Chuck.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Big (1988): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Shazam! (2019), which they acted in: Big ⇒ Shazam! (the maker said so: Sandberg, in this interview, on the studio pitch). Sandberg says the studio pitched it to him as Big with superpowers.
    “it's basically uh, big, but with superpowers”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:14:30 · David F. Sandberg (0.95 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Shazam! (2019), which they acted in: Big ⇒ Shazam! (the host's read). Fennessey calls Shazam! essentially Big as a superhero movie.
    “the movie is clearly pitched as sort of what if big but superhero”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:04:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

The Avengers (2012): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they acted in: The Avengers ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). The Dark World is the correction to Joss Whedon cracking Loki: he becomes co-lead, Thor 1A to Loki 1B.
    “This is the correction to Joss Whedon cracking Loki, where they're like, we get it now.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:20:47 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they acted in: The Avengers ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). Avengers ends with the team scattering, which is why the Phase 2 sequels can stand alone.
    “And also, Joss Wheaton's like master stroke at the end of Avengers is like, we're not a team.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:30:50 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Doctor Who (2023): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they acted in: Doctor Who ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). Marvel in general is indebted to Doctor Who's tone of lightness, comedy, hope and teamwork, especially the Russell T Davies era.
    “I think Marvel in general is very kind of indebted to Doctor Who with the same tone of like lightness and comedy and hope and team teamwork.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 2:02:06 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Game of Thrones (2011): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they acted in: Game of Thrones ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). The film aims for a grounded, muddy fantasy in the Game of Thrones manner, away from Branagh's version.
    “We want to make a more grounded fantasy away from the bran off.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:11:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Shazam! (2019), which they acted in: Terminator 2: Judgment Day ⇒ Shazam! (the host's read). Fennessey asks whether an effects shot echoes the T-1000 reassembling in Terminator 2; Sandberg agrees he references other films.
    “this is basically that shot in Terminator 2, when the T 1000 gets, you know, comes back together and rises up”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:26:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

War of the Worlds (2005): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Shazam! (2019), which they acted in: War of the Worlds ⇒ Shazam! (the maker said so: Sandberg, in this interview). Sandberg wanted buildings to explode as in Spielberg's War of the Worlds when the tripods fire.
    “the buildings explode in War of the Worlds, the Spielbergs, you know, when the tripods shoot through the buildings”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:26:01 · David F. Sandberg (0.70 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (3) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Zachary Levi → John Krasinski. Miles says sitcom stars can transform, from Chuck to a buff Shazam, and Jim from The Office to a horror movie and a Michael Bay film.
    “I never expected Jim from the office to like, you know, make a sound horror movie and also become buff for like a Michael Bay film”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:11:31 · Miles Surrey (0.80 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Zachary Levi → Chuck. Levi had to step down as Fandral in Thor 1 because Chuck got a last-second fourth-season renewal.
    “Had to step down from playing Fangel for the 1st movie because of Chuck's unexpected last second, 4th season renewal.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:22:59 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Zachary Levi: Miles's cast-a-sitcom-star bit ends with Adam Scott as Galactus.
    “if Adam Scott were cast as Galactus”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:12:12 · Miles Surrey (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Zachary Levi: Sandberg had never seen Chuck, which he counts as an advantage.
    “I'd never seen Chuck, which is probably a good thing because that meant I didn't have any preconceived notions.”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:30:45 · David F. Sandberg (0.95 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Zachary Levi: He first auditioned for a different character; Sandberg saw the tape and knew he was Shazam.
    “He was actually auditioning for a different character.”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:31:25 · David F. Sandberg (0.95 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Zachary Levi: Sandberg on what made Levi right: adult actors dumb down to play kids, Levi carries the enthusiasm instead.
    “a lot of actors, you know, if they're adults, they dumb themselves down, you know, to play a kid”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:31:46 · David F. Sandberg (0.95 sure it was them)