'Shazam' And 'IT' Star Jack Dylan Grazer Compares DC Fans To Stephen King Fans, And The Author’s Supporters Might Not Love This

Interview with Jack Dylan Grazer

Transcript

00:00More kind than Stephen King fans, I'll tell you that much.

00:02Really?

00:08What did working on the first movie,

00:10and specifically promoting it to getting out into the world,

00:13teach you guys about the Shazam fandom

00:15and how popular of a character?

00:16They're dedicated, and they're great.

00:18And they are very kind.

00:21More kind than Stephen King fans, I'll tell you that much.

00:24Really?

00:24Well, yeah.

00:27They seem nice, but don't buy it.

00:29Stephen King fans, they lean a little more

00:31on the angry side.

00:32Well, that's not maybe that's the truth.

00:33I'm just messing around.

00:35They're also very nice and nerdy, and I love.

00:37And I gel with most.

00:38Their passion.

00:38Every nerd.

00:39And I love passion.

00:40Sure.

00:40Being a nerd myself.

00:41So I understand that there's a lot of weight.

00:44Even as a consumer of movies and pop and culture and whatever,

00:48I do digest things.

00:51And I try to appreciate every form of storytelling.

00:56And with Shazam, I felt like it was received really well.

00:59The first one wasn't.

01:00And people say that it was a refreshing take

01:03on the brooding, steeled DC path that we've been on for a while.

01:11To see a superhero who's actually

01:12excited about being a superhero, rather than begrudgingly

01:15going out and putting on their cape

01:16and being like, got to save the world again.

01:18He's like, he's happy to do it.

01:19And it's so giddy and bubbly, and it's full of levity,

01:23and it's great.

01:24You're almost as cool as Superman.

01:25Almost.