In a wide-ranging interview with Selection, printed on Thursday, the actor addressed being hit with backlash from his former co-stars, together with his Shazam! Fury of the Gods co-star Rachel Zegler.

Following the 2024 presidential election, Zegler, 24, referred to as out Trump voters on her Instagram, writing partially, “Might Trump supporters … by no means know peace.” Though she did not discuss with Levi, 44, his help of Trump put him in that class.

“I’m a type of folks, clearly,” Levi instructed Selection. “However I believe that we now have acquired to acknowledge that plenty of occasions folks’s choices are predicated upon the dangerous data that they’re being fed regularly.”

“So ought to I hate her as a result of she’s downstream of all of those voices which are telling her that he is Hitler and the individuals who vote for him are Nazis?” he continued, referring to critics typically evaluating the Trump administration to fascism.

“She’s a very proficient woman, and I do suppose that she desires one of the best for the world deep down,” Levi added of Zegler.

The Shazam star — who has obtained backlash for voting for Trump and his MAHA views, together with his notorious remarks concerning the COVID vaccine — went on to share his ideas on individuals who now not need to work with him on tasks resulting from his views.

“I do know that there are people who would favor to not work with me now due to my opinions. My workforce has let me know,” he mentioned. “They have not given me any particular names, however there are individuals who want to not work with me right now. And it is unlucky. I knew that was in all probability going to occur. I did not make this choice blindly or casually.”

Nonetheless, Levi expressed that he believes there are “lots of people” who’re conservative in Hollywood and need to work with him as a result of of his views.

“Whereas there are some individuals who would possibly want to not work with me anymore, there’s lots of people on that aspect of the political spectrum who’re much more inclined to rent me and to need to do enterprise with me as a result of ‘I want some individuals who voted one other manner,’” he instructed Selection. “They see that what I did was at nice threat. They usually have been like, ” what? I provide you with plenty of props for that as a result of that’s not a simple factor to do.’ And I am going, ‘I respect that.’”

Earlier than he rallied behind Trump forward of the election, the Chuck alum initially endorsed Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who went on to turn into the Secretary of Well being and Human Companies in Trump’s cupboard.

“I used to be not a fan of Trump’s Trumpiness,” Levi recalled to Selection. “I did not like plenty of these private issues, the ways in which he carries himself plenty of the time. I perceive folks’s aversion. Do I believe the entire package deal is by some means excellent? No. Actually, most individuals who voted for Donald Trump acknowledge plenty of the imperfections in all of it. No one was saying, ‘That is the Orange Messiah.’”

The Tangled star — who defined that he has “dialog views” and “extra liberal views,” reiterating his help for the homosexual neighborhood — admitted that he “might be getting bamboozled proper now, placing my belief into leaders that I helped to get elected.”