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Helen Mirrenchanneled her inner action star while filmingShazam! Fury of the Gods.
The actress, 77, revealed that she chose not to use a stunt double for a few scenes for the upcoming superhero sequel to 2019’sShazam!— though not all of them went smoothly.
“I did some of my own stunts, but I broke my finger,” Mirren said during an appearance onThe Graham Norton Show. “I was incredibly brave and didn’t say anything or complain because I wanted to be a real ‘stunty’ person.”
Mirren went on to share that she wanted to star in the film because she “loved the firstShazam,” calling it “sweet and funny.”
“I am not a big superhero type person, but I loved the idea of it and happily signed up for the second one,” Mirren said. “It is great.”
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InShazam! Fury of the Gods, Mirren plays Hespera, the daughter of Atlas, who — alongside her demigod sister, Kalypso (Lucy Liu) — tries to take back the god-gifted powers Shazam boasts.
The details of the story aren’t really part of Mirren’s focus, though. “Don’t ask me about the plot, it’s too complicated!” she told Graham Norton before elaborating on working with Liu, 54.
“We are angry goddesses wearing unbelievably heavy costumes. It was very hot and uncomfortable and in fact Lucy said at the end of the first day’s shooting, ‘They are trying to kill us’ in all seriousness.”
In the second trailer for the long-awaited sequel, released in January,Levi revealed that “a lot had changed in the last few years"since viewers had seen him last. Now, “everybody” has superpowers.
The “everybody” in question is the rest of the original cast members who play Billy’s foster siblings and now, too, have the gods' power to transform into superhero alter egos.
Adam Brody, Meagan Good, Ross Butler and D. J. Cotrona are set to star as the older alter egos. Jack Dylan Grazer, Faithe Herman, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand and Grace Caroline Currey are all returning to reprise their roles as the younger versions.
Shazam! Fury of the Godshits theaters March 17.
source: people.com
