Shazam! The fury of the gods It’s not getting off to the best of starts on or off the movie theaters. Added to a series of negative reviews are comments from the audience questioning various issues. One of them has to do with the appearance of gal gadot in the film. Was it really her?
While the DC Extended Universe is going through a restructuring, in which the future of several of the characters adapted so far is unclear, other productions must continue to be released. Shazam! The fury of the gods is one of them. It is a project that was already in the plans of Warner Bros. Discoverybefore James Gunn and peter safran They will come to lead a refocusing of the franchise.
This occurs in a general context in which the DC Extended Universe was already undergoing strong criticism about its tone, the quality of its adaptations, and the coherence of its narrative. Although there were attempts to compact the story, the feeling that there is improvisation in the whole process has persisted over the years. This may be affecting Shazam! The fury of the gods.
Controversies are added to this framework, from the followers, such as the one that caused Gal Gadot’s cameo in the film. What happened?
Shazam! The fury of the gods
and the participation of Gal Gadot: was it fake?
the communicator Grace Randolph retweeted a tweet from a user who questioned Gal Gadot’s performance in the film. In the message a couple of photos were attached in which he appears taylor cahill on the recording set. She is an actress who stood-in for Gadot in some scenes, when she was not available for recording. In the pictures, Cahill is wearing the Wonder Woman outfit.
This opened a debate regarding the presence, or not, of Gal Gadot in the film. Not a few users began to think that his cameo had been faked through technology. However, the director of Shazam! The fury of the gods, David F. Sandberg came out to answer Grace Randolph’s retweet, with the following message:
“We shot the scene with Taylor to figure out what rank we needed to get with Gal, since she couldn’t make it to Atlanta (at the time). That is her body with her outfit (in relation to the voice actress and the shared images). (However) There is absolutely no fake. When you see Gal, it’s 100% her«,
David F. Sandberg, on Twitter.
Although it does not say so explicitly, between the lines it is interpreted that the scene was later recorded with Gal Gadot. The problem is that the technology to make deep fakes it is so advanced that it could perfectly be the case and we would never have found out. The actress, when she debuted Wonder Woman (Wonder Woman) in 2017, it reached a level of global popularity. The film, generally celebrated by critics, relaunched the character in the cinema and allowed him to have a longer run in the DC Extended Universe, repeating himself in other projects in the franchise.
For now, it’s unclear if Gal Gadot will reprise as Wonder Woman in the new DC Extended Universe. Shazam! The fury of the gods It premiered on March 16 of this year..