Zachary Levi's Delusion Continues As He Thought 'Shazam' Would Turn Him Into Chris Evans

By Andrew Sanford | Celebrity | October 11, 2024 |

By Andrew Sanford | Celebrity | October 11, 2024 |

Do you know how hard it is for white men to get kicked out of Hollywood? Think about it. You can be recorded uttering disgusting racial slurs or making bigoted remarks to cops and still find yourself getting work, like Mel Gibson. There’s the Tim Allen route, where you not only have a history as a drug mule who ratted out his friends but also compare your conservative leanings to being Jewish in 1930s Germany, and then going right back to playing Santa Claus. Emile Hirsch choked Producer Daniele Bernfield in a room full of people at Sundance and has worked consistently ever since.

If you’re a white guy in Hollywood, the odds are pretty squarely in your favor. It helps if you’re talented or can present yourself as an “auteur,” but neither are requirements. You just have to ride the whole white thing out and see where it takes you. So, when Zachary Levi claimed “career suicide” when he got up onstage to endorse Donald Trump, I had to cock an eyebrow.

Despite Tim Allen’s accusations, being conservative in Hollywood is no dealbreaker. Nor is being openly conservative. As long as the Francis Ford Coppolas of the world still exist, one can find a way to get work and support tax cuts for billionaires and the throttling of public education. And, ya know, all the racist s***. A biopic about Ronald Reagan with a murderer’s row of conservative actors was just released. Its lead, Dennis Quaid, who happily and openly supports Trump, can also be seen in The Substance starring Demi Moore.

I didn’t even mention faith-based films! If you’re willing to pretend you believe in God (or you actually do), there is no end to the sappy, melodramatic movies that will eagerly accept any actor who has even seen the Hollywood sign. Zachary Levi knows this as he’s starred in several, and will continue to do so. So, why would he think we’re dumb enough to believe that he thinks he’s committing career suicide? The answer is: that he may just be that dumb.

According to an insider who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, Levi had some delusions of grandeur after being cast in the DCEU. “When he was cast as Shazam, it was literally his dream,” the insider explained. “He thought this was his ticket to being The Rock or Chris Evans. But it didn’t happen for him, and he’s bitter about that.” There’s a lot that doesn’t make sense here and a lot that does.

First, the pipeline from “failed actor” to “bitter Conservative” is so short it makes my head spin. The first Shazam was released five years before Levi voiced his support for a man who claimed migrants were eating dogs and cats. That’s fast! Regardless, this is Levi’s perceived failure. Yes, Shazam 2 ate ass (in a bad way), but Levi’s career wasn’t close to over until he went online and cried about it, something Evans and The Rock would never do. Hell, The Rock gets online and pretends what he did was successful!

Levi has no idea what he’s talking about. Trump will not save America. Levi was never going to be the next Chris Evans, nor is his career over. He’s merely relegated himself to a lifetime of faith-based films or an image makeover. Or, given everything we’ve seen from s***ty white guys in Hollywood so far, he can just wait quietly for three to five years.