Henry Cavill's Shazam Removal Explained by Director

After what has become an infamousSupermancameo in 2019’sShazam!,Shazam!

Fury of the GodsdirectorDavid F. Sandbergtold all about what happened and why Henry Cavill didn’t actually appear.

When it came toShazam!

Henry Cavill, Superman, Shazam

but Superman’s inclusion in that first movie will forever be without a big name to back it up.

How the Shazam Superman Cameo Came to Be

Speaking in a new interview withCollider,Shazam!

Fury of the Godsdirector David F. Sandberg revealed how the headless Superman cameo fromShazam!came to be.

Superman, Shazam Cameo

No, it was there from the beginning.

He then brought up the inclusion of Wonder Woman inShazam!

Because it’s such a big we have to have it in the movie.

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So I was like, ‘Okay, we need some other god then, I guess.

Can we have [Helen Mirrens] character actually survive?

It’s gonna be so lame if she shows up.’

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But that was sort of my Plan B."

“But then it actually happened"and Gadot was able to shoot with the Shazam team.

This isnot the first time David F. Sandberg has spoken about the Superman cameoeither.

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One being you cant be sure about anything until its happened.

Halfway through shooting Shazam the plan was still for Cavill to be in it.

Scoopers could have scooped that and been right at the time but wrong in the end.”

David F. Sandberg’s latest DC blockbuster,Shazam!

Fury of the Gods,is playing in theaters worldwide now.