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28.01.2022 - 21:09 / abcnews.go.com
NEW YORK -- In last year's “The Suicide Squad,” John Cena's Peacemaker is a jingoistic, bigoted superhero. Transferring the DC Comics character to a TV series spinoff gave writer-director James Gunn a forum to hold the flawed character to the light in these days of political divide.Cena, one of the biggest stars of World Wrestling Entertainment, said he was used to playing a loud-mouthed character, with a slight caveat – his wrestling persona was moral.“He was as close to a real-life superhero, that character, as you can get,” Cena said in a recent interview.
“His core value is virtue."But “peacemaker is flawed and shattered,'' said the actor who was in the cast of '"F9: The Fast Saga.'' Cena says it was “liberating” to explore such “non-virtuous behavior” in the Peacemaker character, yet despite his attempts at good deeds, he was unsure if the character was redeemable.“We see him do this just dastardly nefarious stuff in ‘The Suicide Squad,’” Cena said. “Peacemaker has a lot of work ahead of him if he’s brave enough to face the man in the mirror.”Being able to play that kind of anti-hero in the “Peacemaker” series, now streaming on HBO Max, might be Cena’s biggest challenge to date, but Gunn was sure he'd be up to it.Gunn said he sees a strong screen presence in Cena and more: He describes it as an ability “to express a depth of emotion that is rare in actors, much less wrestlers turned actors.”Writing all eight episodes, and directing five, Gunn had the chance to introduce more political elements than in “The Suicide Squad.” To add further layers, Gunn partners Peacemaker, aka Christopher Smith, with his diametric opposite, Leota Adebayo, played by Danielle Brooks ("Orange is the New Black").“I wanted to present two
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