Zachary Levi Takes On Hollywood, Trump, & DC Fans
The Ann & Phelim Scoop
The Unreported Story Society
4.7 • 556 Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2025
⏱️ 158 minutes
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Summary
Happy New Year from Ann and Phelim! Hunker down in your homes to recover from the night’s festivities and tune into the full 3-hour, unadulterated, unfiltered conversation with actor Zachary Levi (Shazam, Tangled, “Chuck”).
In this exclusive episode, Levi reflects on his difficult childhood and struggles with depression and how his faith helped him recover joy.
Zach shares the background on his political awakening and controversial endorsement of Donald Trump, and the personal toll his stand cost him.
You’ll hear everything from Zach’s views on Big Pharma to Catholicism to Hollywood's pro-abortion stance.
Zach also talks about his "healthy level of distrust" of government and large industries and gets into a spirited argument with Phelim over America’s food supply.
Memorable moments also include Zach reading his favorite Scripture, his answer to our question about his favorite piece of art, and his vision for an unconventional new film studio.
Put simply, this is an unforgettable and intimate interview, jam-packed with tidbits into the life and mind of Zach Levi that you won’t find anywhere else!
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| 0:00.0 | I think that we have all been lied to. |
| 0:08.6 | I think there's been lies that have been perpetrated and perpetuated for, probably since the beginning. |
| 0:20.0 | Hello and welcome to the island Phelan Scoop. I'm Philaeer. |
| 0:23.6 | And I'm Anne McElhenney. |
| 0:24.6 | Yes, you are indeed. So we're not in our normal California studio with this perfect weather. |
| 0:29.6 | Oh, we're going to get back to that. Okay. |
| 0:32.6 | We are in fact in Austin, Texas with its less than perfect weather. |
| 0:36.6 | For our special Thanksgiving episode,, it's a very special episode, uh, because we're interviewing a very special person. We're interviewing Zachary Levy, Zach Levy, our friend who is an also an actor and is also much, much more. And we're going to talk about that as well. Welcome to the show. Thanks. |
| 0:54.5 | Good to see you guys. It's been a little while. It's been a minute. Yeah, yeah. Yes. Yes. Now, Zach, for those who might not be familiar with you in your work, let's do the official bio and intro. Zachary Levy is an American actor, best known, perhaps best known for his roles as Chuck Bartowski |
| 1:12.5 | in the NBC drama Chuck. And he had the leading role in the superhero film Shazam and its |
| 1:19.2 | sequel. You were the voice of Flynn Ryder, Entangled, which great show as well, by the way, |
| 1:26.2 | for which you won a Grammy for for that as well no i did not |
| 1:30.4 | no i i think that the the the song was nominated for an oscar but we lost that actually you know what |
| 1:38.1 | i think that i think that the song may have won a grammy but i didn't win a grammy oh right |
| 1:41.9 | the song yeah you sang that song on the Grammy, on the Oscars. |
| 1:45.7 | Yes, Andy and I did. |
| 1:46.6 | I remember that. |
| 1:47.4 | That was very impressive. |
| 1:48.5 | I was going, I know that guy. Anyway. We always do that when you're on the television. We all go, we know him. We know that. We know that guy. What? You were, you've even been on Broadway. |
| 1:59.8 | You were in a musical called She Loves Me, |
| 2:02.7 | for which you received a |
| 2:03.7 | Tony Award nomination my personal favorite of your Broadway musicals was first date which I have |
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