Shazam! Fury of the Gods star Zachary Levi has revealed that he once had to go to the ER after playing the Nintendo Wii.
In an interview with IMDb, the actor recounted the story, which took place shortly after the Wii was released in North America. "Okay, so what happened was – the Nintendo Wii had basically just come out. I unboxed it, it was like midnight," said Levi. "Me and a couple of buddies, and there are screens that come up before the game that say 'hey make sure there's nothing around you' so we moved the couches like into the backyard, my entire living room was totally empty so we could be playing baseball and tennis and all that kind of stuff, and we were having a gas until about 2 in the morning, when we were playing tennis. I go to just Sampras this one over and what I failed to recognize is that I had a light fixture that was within arm's extended reach right above me, it doesn't say look above you in the opening screens – it says make sure nothing's around you. And so I smashed through this glass this thick and like a half dome. I smashed through it and glass just exploded everywhere in the room. Then I dropped my Wii controller and it dangled from my wrist while blood started dripping from my hand, and I was like that's one for the ages. And then I had to tell an ER doctor at 3 in the morning why I was in the ER."
The Wii was released by Nintendo in 2006 and quickly became one of the bestselling home video games consoles of all time. The tennis game Levi was playing when he injured himself was most likely Wii Sports, which was bundled with the Wii for most of its availability and is considered one of the best video games ever made. Other popular video games released for the Wii include Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports Resort, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Wii Play. The Wii was succeeded by the Wii U in 2012 which was itself replaced by the Nintendo Switch in 2017.
Billy Batson/Shazam in the DCEU
Levi debuted in 2019's Shazam! as the titular superhero while Asher Angel starred as his human counterpart, Billy Batson, who can transform into the superhero by saying "Shazam!" The upcoming sequel, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, will mark both actors first time playing their respective characters in the DC Extended Universe since the 2019 film. Fury of the Gods will primarily focus on the Shazam! Family fighting the daughters of Atlas, played by Helen Mirren, Rachel Zegler and Lucy Liu. The first trailer for the film was released at 2022's San Diego Comic-Con.
The cast for Shazam! Fury of the Gods also includes Jack Dylan Grazer, Adam Brody, Ian Chen, Ross Butler, Faithe Herman, Meagan Good, Djimon Hounsou, Grace Caroline Currey, Jovan Armand, D. J. Cotrona, Marta Milans, Cooper Andrews and Rizwan Manji.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods is scheduled to open in theaters on Dec. 21.
Source: IMDb