Shazam! – The director talks about the exorbitant price of the hero's costume!

From Lucas Rafael This week, fans were caught off guard by the alleged cost of the costume worn Zachary Levi to Shazam! . Information appeared suggesting that the costume cost a million dollars to manufacture and that 10 of them were made for the film DC / Warner .

According to the director, he does not know how much the costume costs, but offers a detailed explanation of its high price:

David F. Sandberg comments on the exorbitant price of a heroic garment. ] "I have never seen a price tag, so I do not know the exact number, but I would not be surprised, the thing is that it's not the price of A costume In developing such a costume, it is essential to develop it several times to do it well, as there were many different rays, some with a different shape, with different lighting, etc. Different versions of the fabric in different shades, different models, etc., and different versions had to be tested with the camera.

Once the design, the material and the others Adapted details, you need to create several outfits for stunts and other things.Even during the shoot, improvements are needed.As some of you have seen in the first pictures, the boots were very different but they were falling and so had to be ref Internal wiring to illuminate the spoke and mittens was very thin and broke. So we had to improve with a new system, and so on. The first handles greatly limited the movement of Zac's hands.

This does not look like a million dollars worth of material, nor the making of any of these expensive suits. That's the whole process, make copies and multiple versions. "

The Shazam costume, short answer is I do not know the final number.Longer answer which explains why these things are expensive, see my comment on reddit: pic.twitter.com/QfQIYkxKTa

– David F. Sandberg (@ponysmasher) January 17, 2019 [19659017] What did you think of the l & # 39; explanation of Sandberg ?