Spoilers for Shazam! Fury of the Gods lie forward, so learn at your individual threat.
Whereas Shazam! Fury of the Gods might not have been the field workplace hit Warner Bros. hoped for, a swath of followers nonetheless appears to have been happy with the superhero romp. The movie does embody some cool scenes, with a second on the finish most likely serving as a favourite amongst the plenty. Within the closing moments of the sequel, Gal Gadot’s Surprise Lady makes a cameo (which was spoiled by TV spots earlier than the discharge). Though the second appears to have gone over comparatively effectively, rumors have been floating round about Gadot being a deepfake throughout that sequence. Now, director David F. Sandberg is setting the file straight on that entrance.
It goes with out saying that COVID has made movie and TV manufacturing extremely difficult, particularly in relation to big-budget productions. Truthfully, even earlier than the pandemic, blockbuster shoots might be difficult as a consequence of actor availability. These info, paired with the ever evolving (and typically irritating) deepfake know-how, are sufficient to make one marvel if there was some sort of facial wizardry concerned in Gal Gadot’s return to the DC Prolonged Universe. A fan just lately took to Twitter and shared pictures of actress Taylor Cahill in costume because the Amazonian warrior, which seemingly prompted the deepfake suspicions. However as David F. Sandberg defined in his personal tweet, Cahill served a unique function:
We shot the scene with Taylor to determine what protection we then wanted to get with Gal since she couldn’t make it to Atlanta. It’s additionally Taylor’s physique with the wizards head on it. There’s completely no deepfaking occurring. Whenever you see Gal it’s 100% her.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods star Grace Caroline Currey confirmed to CinemaBlend that the forged didn’t truly movie that cameo alongside Gal Gadot. Per the actress, the scheduling simply didn’t line up for Gadot to be there with the remainder of the forged. This new behind-the-scenes revelation now confirms that the filmmaker was nonetheless proactive through the use of Taylor Cahill for reference when plotting out protection. It will additionally appear that it was Cahill’s determine that Djimon Hounsou’s Wizard melded with throughout Billy Batson’s romantically humorous dream sequence. So all in all, viewers did certainly see the true Gadot.
David F. Sandberg has shared various attention-grabbing particulars because the movie’s launch. When it comes to the Diana Prince scene – which sees the Justice Leaguer resurrect Billy Batson – he dropped an actual cool nugget of knowledge. The cameo needed to be shot in England and, sadly, he had visa points. So Sandberg needed to helm the large scene remotely, and you may see how he did it within the following social media put up:
A sure cameo in #ShazamFuryOfTheGods needed to be shot in England however I couldn’t go due to a visa subject so I directed remotely. It wasn’t a deepfake as some consider. pic.twitter.com/p8ODDHWe9QMarch 22, 2023
There’s no telling what lies forward for the Shazam! franchise as a consequence of its field workplace consumption and DC’s altering cinematic panorama. On the very least although, it might seem that David F. Sandberg and co. went the additional mile to fulfill the followers. And in doing so, he would possibly’ve given them one of many remaining big-screen appearances from Gal Gadot’s Surprise Lady.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods is now taking part in in theaters, and the unique 2019 film is now obtainable to stream — alongside Surprise Lady and various different DCEU installments — utilizing an HBO Max subscription.
