- Woman: There's a foster couple outside, Mr. Batson.
- I can take care of myself. - Give these people a chance.
'Cause that's what they're giving you.
- Billy is a foster kid who's been in and out of foster homes.
- Woman: This is Billy Batson.
- He's a really good kid who wants the best,
who sticks up for the other kids.
- Hey. Man, sorry about that.
- Zachary: And because he is pure of heart...
- Wizard: Billy Baston.
- ...he's transported to this wizard...
- I choose you as champion.
- ...who endows him with this power of Shazam.
- Shazam.
- He has this power of just saying one word...
...and turning into a superhero.
- Aah! Aah! - It's me-- Billy.
- What is happening?
- First he goes to see his friend Freddy.
- You're the only person I know that knows anything
about this Caped Crusader stuff. - What are your super powers?
- Super powers? Dude, I don't even know
how to pee in this thing.
- Freddy is a superhero fanatic.
And so when he finds out that Billy is a superhero,
he's like, "I know exactly what to do."
- Freddy: You've got super strength.
- Freddy is like, "Okay, we have to test your abilities.
And, of course, they're gonna film it.
- Waah!
- You okay? Why aren't you talking?
[ groaning ]
- I feel like any kid who gains the power of being an adult
is gonna be like, "You should do things only adults can do." Duh.
- I'd like to purchase some of your finest beer, please.
Ahh! That tastes like actual vomit.
- What kid doesn't wanna be a superhero?
- Exact--What adult doesn't wanna be a superhero?
- Yeah, what person or kid doesn't wanna be a superhero?
- I'm still waiting. - Shazam!
- Shazam is one of a very few superhero characters
that is genuinely stoked to be a superhero.
- Your phone's charged. Your phone's charged.
- What the hell!
- More often than not, you've got a character
who is begrudgingly pulled into this,
and everybody needs them, and they're like, "Ohh.
I have to save the world again."
Billy Batson is stoked.
- You're like a bad guy, right?
- I just get to show up on set and be like, "I get to do this?
I get to fly around and fight bad guys?"
- You have bullet immunity!
- You're dead.
[ imitating weapon sounds ]
- Shazam!