Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - BONUS: Hollywood Star Zachary Levi On The Latest SHAZAM Movie

Episode Date: April 12, 2023

We caught up with Hollywood star Zachary Levi as we were hanging above the Auckland Harbour Bridge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Brand new movie in cinemas as of now, it's called Shazam Fury of the God, based on the DC comic books. Young kid says the magic word Shazam turns into a superhero. We are a dwarf. We will annihilate everything. Champions of this realm can do nothing to stop us. You are very menacing, I just want you to know that His name Helen Mirren

She's in the movie as well as the star of Shazam, Zachary Levy Yeah, and we got the chance to interview Zachary Levy But we did it with a bit of a twist You had ordered some Shazam costumes off the internet I did, yeah Rich history of ordering costumes from the internet. Yeah. And we dressed up and then we went underneath the Harbour Bridge

where they have the AJ Hackett bungee. And we thought, you know, as a bit of a twist, we could interview the stars while one of us was dangling off the bungee, so hanging over the water. Like 131 feet in the air. And at any moment when the person we're interviewing, or Zachary, says Shazam, that means they would literally cut the cord with scissors and we'd go hurtling.

Yeah, they actually cut the cord and it happened to you pretty early on when we talked to Zachary. Hey Zach, Jono and Ben from New Zealand. How's it going? I love your outfits. You're going to love this because we're 131 feet above Auckland City on the Auckland Harbour Bridge. And just like Shazam, it's the magic word today. Whenever you say Shazam, Jono here, the cord's going to be cut and he's going to fly like Shazam down here on the bungee. Yes, I love this. I've been in Auckland. This is up on the tower of the city, right?

Have you been to Auckland? I have. I love it out there. Do I up on the tower in the city right? Have you been to Auckland? I have, I love it out there. Oh, do I need to say Shazam right now? Do you want to cut him? No! No! Cut him already!

No! So then the gentleman from AJ Hackett used his scissors, cut the cord. I think it was a knife he might have used. It was a knife, that's right. And then boom, hurtling down towards the ocean. And what you didn't factor in on the technical front. You were on a bungee cord, obviously. Bouncing up and down, dangling over the harbour.

Well, you didn't factor in that my mic was still live. And you were trying to conduct the interview. No! No! No! Oh my gosh, the power I've been imbued with this is insane well lovely to see you i mean because we're a little bit worried about dame helen murren's in the movie which is great but she's a dame we're part of the commonwealth we're worried you're going to injure her god no no no

you know she apparently did a brain. It's almost like Will Ferrell in Austin Powers when he's down. I'm not dead. I forgot you can still hear him. Helen Mirren is a class act, man. She and I had some really fun brawls in the movie. One particular. She even injured her finger, her pinky finger, but she didn't tell anybody.

She kept going like a pro. She's a myth. Should play on your hoverboard apparently in between takes, which seems wildly irresponsible. Completely irresponsible, but with so much fun. And then after huffing and puffing, groaning and moaning for about three minutes, I was winched back up.

Now, of course, you've been in Thor, Taika Waititi, New Zealand director. Obviously, the suit, oh, he's back. He can hear you, like, crying and whimpering down the bottom. Yeah. Was your Shazam suit quite absorbent? Because I think I've just peed my pants. Yes.

I had the adult diapers sewn into mine just in case. Was yours quite as crotchy as Jono's? Yeah, but that's just because that's how God made me. How was that? Was that everything you hoped it would be? Terrifying. This has been the most monstrous interview I've ever been a part of, Zachary. But we do need to say, you know, because Taika, obviously, we love him here in New Zealand. Pretty cool that you've been in obviously both Marvel and DC. yeah yeah yeah it's such a a blessing man i mean ever since i was a little kid i've read comic books and played video games i mean it's been so much

a part of my identity and the fact that i've gotten to be in both marvel and dc now and work with such incredible people like taika it's it's a it's a dreamy yeah it's a dream. Yeah, it's a dream. Any questions you want to ask as we get told to wrap up? Did you have fun making a movie? That is Zachary Levy. He's the star of Shazam. You can catch Shazam, Fury of the Gods. It's in cinemas right now. You can catch that full interview as well as what we did with Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu as well from the movie on the project tonight, 7 p.m. on 3.

It's a really, really fun one. And after 8 o'clock, we've got Dame Helen Mirren joining us where I dangle over the bridge. Will she cut the cord or not? We'll find out 8 o'clock this morning. Thanks to Shazam Fury of the Gods on the hits.