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Shazam! star Zachary Levi is still having trouble processing that he’s actually playing a superhero on the big screen.

Flanked by his co-star Mark Strong, who plays the villainous Doctor Thaddeus Sivana, and director David F. Sandberg, Levi, 38, was in Toronto recently to help open a fan experience dedicated to the latest DC superhero film and be honoured by Mayor John Tory.

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“I’m still processing it,” he smiles. “This whole talking about it still seems surreal. We did this thing and I’m that guy. I have friends texting me from all over the world, sending me pictures of me in the costume and all I can think is, ‘Holy crap!’”

I remind him that he’s also got multiple action figures hitting shelves.

“We both have action figures,” he exclaims, looking at Strong.

“I saw that with mine you can take his head off and put another head on,” Strong replies. “How cool is that?”

Hitting screens this Friday, Shazam! is the seventh movie in DC’s extended cinematic universe that kicked off with 2013’s Man of Steel.