User blog comment:Manuel de la Fuente/Why Levi is not in the live-action movies? Screenwriter finally answers/@comment-71.194.6.20-20150727144254

So basically, they didn't put Levi in the movie because of his name? Excuse me while I go punch a wall. ATRDFTGYIUYTIRUDTJFKGLHITIRUJFCKGVLHGYTFRYDJFCVGLGTFDJFCKVGGFTDRFJCKGVHGYFTDRJFCGKVFTDYJFHCGKVFDJC

NO. NO. NO. NO NONONONONONONONONO This is not okay with me. You could have just called him Levi. That worked out just fine in the anime. Or just call him Heichou.

Also, the fact that he would have overshadowed the charcters is kind of the point. Levi is a freaking god.