FYI meets Zachary Levi
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- 1 Aug 2024
Hollywood actor Zachary Levi discusses his new movie, the importance of imagination and why cinema brings us together.
Once, there was a boy named Harold. With his Purple Crayon, anything he drew came to life. Come on, everybody. As he got bigger, so did his imagination.
Let's go to the real world. It's so beautiful.
In the movie, how we're going to draw anything with this purple crayon and it turns into reality. What would you do if you had that magic power?
Well, excellent question. I mean, obviously, there's a lot of fun things that I could draw, like hoverboards and planes and boats and things like that. But honestly, I feel like the way the world is right now, I would want to draw things like unity and peace and love and empathy because we need a lot of that.
Each character is special and unique in their own way. Which character do you relate to the most?
I think I probably related the most to Harold. He's from a world, his world, that doesn't really have anger or fear or sadness a lot. It's like everything is just really good. And so he's got just this really pure heart and way of approaching the world. And so I hope I'm a lot like that. I try to be like that.
Come on, Harold can do magic.
With this little guy, I can make whatever I want. You try. That's Spider-Claw. Now, that is creative and terrifying.
The cinema world has had a tough time recently with taking those big feelings down. How important are fantasy and family movies like Harold and the Purple Crayon?
I think they're very important. I think that going to a movie at the theater with a bunch of strangers is really good for us. I think it's a reminder that we're not so different after all. Even though we all have a lot of differences, it's a reminder that you're not alone and that your neighbors that might be strangers are closer to you than you think they are.
What do you think is the main moral of the story?
To believe in yourself and to allow yourself to continue to create and be imaginative. Okay, I am just really good at this. Oh, no, honestly, I don't do a lot of thinking.