This Dame won’t deign to clarify her latest role.
Helen Mirren has several film franchises under her belt — but don’t expect the screen legend to interrupt down the plot of her next starring role in DC superhero flick “Shazam! Fury of the Gods.”
“Don’t ask me concerning the plot, it’s too complicated,” the 77-year-old actress said on Friday’s episode of “The Graham Norton Show.”
The Oscar winner is playing the villain, Hespera, within the “Shazam” sequel, alongside Lucy Liu, 54, as Kalypso, each daughters of Atlas and foil to the story’s hero, Shazam.
“[Lucy Liu and I] are offended goddesses wearing unbelievably heavy costumes,” Mirren explained about filming. “It was very popular and uncomfortable and in reality, Lucy said at the top of the primary day’s shooting, ‘They are attempting to kill us,’ in all seriousness.”
The “Fast X” star noted that she adored the 2019 parent film, starring Zachary Levi, 42, as Shazam, and desired to exercise her motion chops
“I desired to do it because I loved the primary ‘Shazam!’ It was sweet and funny,” Mirren said. “I’m not a giant superhero-type person, but I loved the thought of it and happily signed up for the second. It’s great.”
She also revealed that she did a few of her own stunt work, and broke considered one of her fingers because of this.
“I used to be incredibly brave and didn’t say anything or complain because I desired to be an actual ‘stunty’ person,” Mirren added.
“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” follows Levi and Asher Angel, 20, sharing the role of the superhero Billy Batson / Shazam as he battles the villainous Daughters of Atlas. The action-packed sequel also includes Jack Dylan Grazer, Rachel Zegler, Adam Brody, Ross Butler, Meagan Good, and Djimon Hounsou amongst its ensemble forged.
Director David F. Sandberg broke down the film’s synopsis last month, telling Entertainment Weekly that it’s an “extension of the primary movie.”
The filmmaker noted that Billy is “struggling a bit” along with his foster family in addition to trying to seek out his place on the earth.
“He’s holding on very tightly to his family because he doesn’t want everyone to only scatter and go do their very own thing,” Sandberg said “He just found his family, and he desires to have all of them together.”
Of Mirren’s casting, Sandberg joked: “You type of have an expectation, like, ‘Oh, it’s Dame Helen entering the set!’ But the primary day she got here on, she’s like, ‘Yeah! We want more p- - -y power on set! We’re here now!’ and I used to be like, ‘Oh, okay!’”
“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” soars into theaters on March 17.
