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Citizens Bank Park
“The champions of this kingdom will be no match for us.”
(Helen Mirren)
If Citizens Bank Park is a big part of the lives of Philadelphians, it is no different in Shazam! Fury of the Gods. The stadium is the scene of the final battle of the film. Of course, director David F. Sandberg didn’t actually shoot the final confrontation between Kalypso (Lucy Liu) and Shazam (Zachary Levi) in Citizens Bank Park. Even if the filmmaker has done multiple shots in order to digitally integrate the fight in post-production.
Decisive match
Mostly shot on location in Atlanta, Shazam! Fury of the Gods also required filming on the streets of Philadelphia, where the plot takes place. Some of the city’s monuments are clearly visible on screen, even though the scenes taking place in the streets were all produced from meticulous reconstructions in order to benefit from lower shooting costs. Citizens Bank Park has multiple opportunities to shine on screen, when Lucy Liu’s character decides to land her dragon there but also at the end, when Shazam definitively proves his worth.
A hero who has become (almost) an adult
Zachary Levi, still in the skin of the superhero, spoke to Screerant about the evolution of the latter: “At first, Billy Batson was 14-15 years old. Now he has 17. That’s a three-year gap, and for young people, three years is a pretty big gap. So I tried to take advantage of that. (…) Has he matured? I tried to focus on the way 17-year-olds talk. What words do they use? What is their slang? Things like that. So I just tried to incorporate as many things into the character to build a performance that made sense.“
Shazam! Fury of the Gods is the second film in which the character of Shazam/Billy Batson appears.
Citizens Bank Park
The main stadium of the city of Philadelphia, Citizens Bank Park was dedicated on April 3, 2004.
Home of the Philadelphia Phillies, this baseball stadium can accommodate 43,647 spectators. Designed by architect ErwingCole, it cost $346 million. Several restaurants are attached to it in order to welcome sports fans with dignity.
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By Gilles Rolland
Passionné de cinéma, de rock and roll, de séries TV et de littérature. Rédacteur de presse et auteur des livres Le Heavy Metal au cinéma, Paroles de fans Guns N' Roses, Paroles de fans Rammstein et Welcome to my Jungle : 100 albums rock et autres anecdotes dépareillées. Adore également voyager à la recherche des lieux les plus emblématiques de la pop culture.