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Shazam 2 director David F Sandberg admits credit scene is a bit confusing

Shazam! Fury of the Gods spoilers follow.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods director David F Sandberg has admitted that one of the movie's mid-credits scenes is a bit confusing.

In the scene, fans see Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland) and John Economos (Steve Agee) try and recruit Shazam to the Justice Society of America, supposedly acting on behalf of Amanda Waller (Viola Davis).

This has left fans somewhat confused, especially given Harcourt and Economos' history with Waller, not to mention the latter's distrust of superheroes and flexible morals, which would render her involvement in the Justice Society of America a bit out of character.

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Sandberg has now opened up about the moment, admitting they originally had other plans, while the scene itself was shot before James Gunn and Peter Safran's takeover of DC.

"So there were supposed to be characters from [Black Adam's] Justice Society, but that fell apart three days before we were going to roll cameras," he told The Hollywood Reporter.

"I was really upset because we had built that abandoned gas station set, and we could only shoot that scene in that little piece of forest. I was like: 'This is so boring. We need something here.'

"So the art department built that whole gas station and brought in some old cars and things. They made it look really nice with very few resources, and so I was like: 'We have this set and we have the time, so we have to shoot something here.'"

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He continued: "So, Peter Safran, who produced this movie and Peacemaker, made some calls, and thankfully, Jen Holland and Steve Agee were able to come by on very short notice. I mean, the scene makes a little less sense with them.

"It's like: 'Why are they recruiting for Justice Society?' but you can kind of see it as they're working for Amanda Waller [Viola Davis]. So I was just very grateful to get them in there, and it was really cool shooting it because I'm a big fan of Peacemaker.

"So, sitting there and watching the monitor felt like I was watching a new episode of Peacemaker, and all of that happened a long time ago [before Gunn and Safran became the co-CEOs of DC Studios]."

Shazam! Fury of the Gods is out now in cinemas.

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