Actor Zachary Levi says he underwent a physical transformation for Shazam!, but not because he was asked to by the makers of the superhero movie. "I'm really grateful that nobody at Warner Bros., DC, New Line said, 'You've got to be in a certain shape to do this', as far as physical appearance is concerned. But they did say they wanted to make sure that I could physically do all the things that they were going to need me to do, to which I was like, 'Yeah, yeah, me too'," Levi said in a statement.'

"But beyond that, I also wanted to look as much the part as I could for just my own confidence and my own kind of journey as a man, and as an actor filling the shoes of this character. I wanted to go and have a transformation," he added. The actor said he has been "in the gym basically six days a week for certainly the last year".