Shazam 2 Director Shuts Down Deep Fake Accusations
Shazam! Fury of the Gods underperformed on its opening weekend, but the movie still has plenty of people talking, and not all the talk is the kind director David Sandberg wants to hear. The director recently shot down a rumor about Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman cameo.
Shazam 2 received mixed reviews from audiences and critics. A new accusation was recently thrown at the film, and Sandberg shut this one down quickly. During a dream sequence early in the movie, a Wonder Woman cameo is teased in one of Billy's dreams. Unfortunately for Billy, it's not Gadot who greets him that time, but Djimon Huonsou as the wizard Shazam. In the end, however, Gadot does make a cameo as Wonder Woman in Shazam 2, arriving at Billy Batson's funeral to bring him back to life.
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Due to some perceived editing quirks and footage surfacing of Gadot's body double being used to film the Wonder Woman cameo scene, fans have begun voicing their doubts that Gadot was ever actually on set. In a Twitter post responding to claims that Gadot's cameo was created using Deepfake technology, Sandberg posted a video of himself directing Gadot remotely. He explained that a visa issue made it so he couldn't go to London to direct, and Gadot couldn't travel to Atlanta to film. He also clarified that Gadot's body double was used to plan out what footage he would need from Gadot and to film the scenes in Billy's dream that do not include Gadot's face. «There is absolutely no deepfaking going on,» Sandberg said. «When you see Gal it’s 100% her.»
Sandberg said that the process used for planning Gadot's cameo in Shazam! Fury of the Gods was not new. «This is the approach we did on Shazam 1 for Superman.,» he said in
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