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Grace Caroline Currey is the one actor in Shazam! Fury of the Gods to each variations of her character Mary Bromfield. The remainder of the Shazam! has two totally different units of actors taking part in the youthful variations of the characters and their older superhero variations. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Grace about tackling two sides of the identical character.
“It’s just so special to get to be responsible for Mary’s throughline from her human form to her super form,” Grace mentioned. “Not to mention, I have so much love and respect for her from her comic book history and the massive amount of history attached to her. It was definitely a dream come true. I was thrilled. I mean, to get to wear a superhero suit is the kind of thing you don’t think is going to happen in your career.”
Grace revealed that Mary “hasn’t left home” when the Shazam! sequel begins. “She’s in some sort of gap year situation, not to mention, she’s a superhero now,” she added. “There’s this responsibility to use these powers for good while also being the oldest of the family and having a sobering knowledge of what it’s like to be a human in society and contribute and have a job because she doesn’t get checks anymore in the mail as a foster kid now that she’s over 18.”
The movie introduces the Daughters of Atlas, performed by Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu, and Rachel Zegler. “Rachel and I became best buds, and I gained a sister on set. That was really a fun surprise for me. I didn’t know I was going to gain such a sweet friendship,” Grace gushed. Despite already being “such a giant cast,” Grace admitted that it felt like “we gained people that were supposed to be there all along.”
Becoming a superhero isn’t straightforward. The 26-year-old Fall actress did Taekwondo and kickboxing main as much as Fury of the Gods. Grace is a educated ballerina and mentioned “Taekwondo was actually useful to interrupt me out of the softness and get slightly bit extra power and consciousness in my physique, in addition to with kickboxing. That was actually useful for me to get in contact with my energy bodily and the facility of my limbs and my legs. I feel it helped me stand slightly bit taller and stronger and sturdier as a substitute of that ballet type of wavy, floaty place.
There have been a variety of modifications within the DC Studios world after James Gunn and Peter Safran took over, leaving the fates of a number of DC tasks unsure. HollywoodLife requested Grace if Shazam! Fury of the Gods leaves it open for the opportunity of seeing these characters once more sooner or later.
“Having seen the movie, I got really excited about this deeper look into the Shazam! world, and I couldn’t help but think this is such a rich playground,” she mentioned. “It just filled me with wonder. I genuinely felt the wonder I would feel watching Jurassic Park or Harry Potter when I was a kid. I think we’ve got a lot to play with, and it’s funny always to talk about these things before people have seen it. I’m just dying for people to see it because I think they’ll feel the same way.” Shazam! Fury of the Gods hits theaters on March 17.