Despite Black Adam being Shazam’s arch-enemy, Warner Bros. is stuck with the face-off between Zachary Levi and Dwayne Johnson until a movie comes in the future. In the forthcoming DCEU debut, The Rock will fight the legendary hero Hawkman (Carter Hall). And the search has already started to find the right actor who will do justice to the role and who will fight Johnson on his face.
Alexander Skarsgard is the topmost choice for the role. He is famous for his roles in Big Little Lies, True Blood, and The Legend of Tarzan. He seems like an amazing choice given his 6″4 stature that will make him look good and compatible with The Rock who is 6″5. Moreover, Alexander Skarsgard after wearing the Hawkman helmet will become the same height as of The Rock.
The Big Little Lies actor is not the fan’s favorite for the role of Black Adam’s Hawkman
Since Carter Hall has Egyptian origins in the comics. Therefore, fans want an actor belonging to the Middle-Eastern country to play the role. So, Alexander Skarsgard being the top choice for Carter’s role might not excite many.
But Studio is not thinking much about it. But rumors are that even though Skarsgard is the foremost choice they still have someone as a backup plan. If in case it didn’t happen with Skarsgard (The Big Little Lies actor). This backup plan is none other than Sam Heughan. He is a Scottish actor and has appeared in TV’s Outlander in a lead role. He is a perfect second choice after Skarsgard since they both share quite a similar look and physique.
Also, at the beginning of this month, there were rumors of Ryan Reynolds was chosen for Hawkman but the actor immediately shut the rumor down. Right now, the best thing to do is to wait and let things open up. We will get to know how plans work out for the casting of Black Adam shortly?
