UPDATE: Zachary Levi Confirms Playing Fandral In ‘Thor 2’

Not too long ago we reported that ‘Chuck’ star Zachary Levi may be joining ‘Thor 2’ as Fandral. Levi was originally up for the role in 2010 but had to back out due to a third season of ‘Chuck’.

Recently Levi spoke with the Huffington Post about the talks on the internet of him replacing Joshua Dallas who would not be returning.

“There was quite a lot of rumbling that went on,” Levi laughed. “That all of a sudden popped up. I was in Japan at the time and I was on Twitter and people started Tweeting me that Josh Dallas had to back out of the film and they were saying, “Oh opening! Opening!” And I think maybe my fans knew that I had to back out of Fandral back in the day, then they started this whole stuff about me in the movie.”

“I can’t really comment on that at the moment, but I would be honored to be in that movie. I would be crazy honored to be in that movie. It would be this very amazing kind of kismet, serendipitous, roundabout way of being about to play the role as well. I have no intention of not acting. I’m constantly going for the roles that I can get & that I’m passionate about. It’s kind of 1 hand feeding the other. I think the more I can succeed in my acting career, the more exposure that gives to myself […]. So I’m fully trying to do that.”

With ‘Thor 2’ getting ready to go into production he may just be biting his tongue until the possibility of an announcement at Marvel Studios Comic-Con panel on Saturday in Hall H. I’ll be making a giant update Saturday night full of all the juicy details of Hall H unless somehow I get eaten by a frost giant while in line. For Asgard!

UPDATE: While it was just yesterday that he was unable to discuss the matter, Levi proudly confirmed on the Tonight Show he will be playing Fandral and appearing at Comic-Con this weekend to promote. This also confirms we will be getting ‘Thor 2’ casting news at Saturdays Marvel Studios panel.

‘Thor 2’ swings into theaters November 15, 2013.