Shazam! (2019)

Djimon Hounsou: Wizard

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Quotes 

• The Wizard : Lay your hands on my staff.

  Billy Batson : Gross.

• The Wizard : Billy Batson, I choose you as champion.

• Billy Batson : Hi. Um... I was supposed to get off at 30th.

  The Wizard : Billy Batson.

  Billy Batson : How'd you know my name?

  The Wizard : I am the last of the Council of Wizards. Keeper of the Rock of Eternity.

  Billy Batson : Oh... You're... that guy. Hey, listen, I don't have any money.

  The Wizard : Do not patronize me, boy!

  [the Wizard strikes the ground with his staff] 

  The Wizard : You are standing in the source of all magic. The Rock of Eternity. Seven thrones of seven wizards. But long ago, we chose a champion. And we chose recklessly. He used his power for revenge, releasing the Seven Deadly Sins into your world. Millions of lives were lost. Entire civilizations erased from existence.

  [the Wizard walks around Billy] 

  The Wizard : That is why I vowed never to pass on my magic until I find one truly good person. Strong in spirit, pure in heart.

  Billy Batson : Look, man, maybe this is magic, and, I don't know, but the people you're looking for, good, pure people, I'm not one of them. I-I don't know if anyone is, really.

  The Wizard : You, Billy Batson, are all I have. All the world has.

  [the Wizard strikes the ground with his staff in front of Billy] 

  The Wizard : Lay your hands on my staff.

  Billy Batson : Gross.

  The Wizard : And say my name so my powers may flow through you. I open my heart to you, Billy Batson. And in so doing, choose you as champion.

  Billy Batson : Thanks.

  [the Wizard strikes the ground again] 

  Billy Batson : Real sweet of you, mister, but I really gotta get going.

  The Wizard : My brothers and sisters were slain by the Sins. Their thrones lie empty! My magic must be passed on. Now...

  [the Wizard strikes the ground again] 

  The Wizard : Speak my name!

  Billy Batson : I-I don't know your name, sir. We just met.

  The Wizard : My name is... Shazam.

  Billy Batson : [chuckles]  Wait, for real?

  The Wizard : Say it!

  Billy Batson : Okay! Jeez.

  [Billy places his left hand on the staff while the Wizard holds it with both hands] 

  Billy Batson : So just say it? Like... Shazam?

  [Billy is struck by lightning] 

  The Wizard : Yes! Carry my name, and with it, you carry all my powers. The wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury.

  [Billy gets up, now as Shazam] 

  Shazam : What happened to me? Why am... W-w-what did you do to me? What did you do to my voice?

  The Wizard : You have been transformed to your full potential, Billy Batson. With your heart, unlock your greatest power.

  [the Wizard hands Shazam his staff] 

  The Wizard : The thrones of our brothers and sisters await.

  [the Wizard crumbles into dust, startling Shazam as he drops the staff and grabs his backpack] 

  Shazam : Get me out of here!

• [Dr Sivana wields the 7 Deadly Sins] 

  The Wizard : They're using you! You're nothing to them but a means of escape! Through you, they'll spread the poison to everything they touch! Make mankind turn into them!

  Dr. Thaddeus Sivana : You seek a pure soul, old man. But no one's worthy.

• Wizard : Thaddeus Sivana.

  Thaddeus Sivana (1974) : Who are you? How do you know my name?

  Wizard : I am the last of the Council of Wizards, sworn to protect the realms from the Seven Deadly Sins. But years have passed, and I grow weak. I seek a champion to inherit my mantle.

  Thaddeus Sivana (1974) : You want me to do magic?

  Wizard : With this, all my powers will become yours.

  [taps his staff, and forms a magical image of a superhuman] 

  Wizard : But first, you must demonstrate that you are pure of heart, and strong of spirit.

  [the Sins call out to Thad] 

  Wrath : He lies!

  Pride : Don't be his champion!

  Envy : We can give you power!

  Wrath : Take the eye!

  [Sivana sees the Eye of Sin] 

  Pride : Your father thinks you are weak. Show him your power...

  [Sivana walks towards the Eye and nearly takes it] 

  Wizard : [stops Sivana]  NO!

  Thaddeus Sivana (1974) : What? What happened?

  Wizard : Only the purest of hearts can resist their temptations. And you will never be worthy!

  [sends Thad back]