The ‘Shazam!’ star reveals he has industry allies despite political backlash, claims many in Hollywood ‘secretly’ voted for Trump

Zachary Levi considers himself a Hollywood outsider because of his political beliefs.

The “Shazam!” star says there are people who don’t want to work with him, after he publicly endorsed President Donald Trump.

“I know that there are people that would prefer not to work with me now because of my opinions. My team has let me know,” he said during an interview with Variety.

“They haven’t given me any specific names, but there are people who prefer not to work with me at this time. And it’s unfortunate. I knew that was probably going to happen. I didn’t make this decision blindly or casually.”

Prior to the 2024 presidential election, Levi faced backlash for publicly endorsing President Trump. He explained that he does, however, still have allies in the industry.

“While there are some people who might prefer not to work with me anymore, there’s a lot of people on that side of the political spectrum who are even more inclined to hire me and to want to do business with me because ‘I need some people who voted another way.’ 

Zachary Levi endorsed Donald Trump for president in September. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

“They see that what I did was at great risk. And they were like, ‘You know what? I give you a lot of props for that because that’s not an easy thing to do.’ And I go, ‘I appreciate that,'” he said.

“I was not a fan of Trump’s Trumpiness. I didn’t like a lot of these personal things, the ways that he carries himself a lot of the time. I understand people’s aversion,” he told the outlet. 

Donald Trump was elected president in the 2024 election. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

“Do I think the whole package is somehow perfect? No. In fact, most people who voted for Donald Trump recognize a lot of the imperfections in all of it. Nobody was saying, ‘This is the Orange Messiah.'”