A New Peacemaker Video Examines John Cena’s Socially Awkward Murderer

Of the varied weirdos and anti-heroes who caught out in The Suicide Squad, John Cena’s Peacemaker is the one Warner Bros. hoped would take off with audiences probably the most. Director James Gunn acquired a spinoff collection for the character earlier than the film even launched, and subsequent weekend’s DC Fandome will give us our first full take a look at the large, buff anti-hero. But within the meantime, right here’s a brand new video that digs into that rest room head-wearing killer.

Described by Gunn as “toxic masculinity at its most toxic” and “douchey Captain America who would shoot a kid” by Cena, the video received’t let you know something new. If you watched The Suicide Squad, you already know he wears tighty-whities, petulantly argues with Idris Elba’s Bloodspot about who’s the higher shot, and likes killing individuals. At the identical time, it’s fascinating to see Cena brazenly talk about how tousled his character is. “He’s socially awkward…something as simple as the uniform hits on the head that this guy’s got validation problems,” Cena says. “This man genuinely thinks he’s a hero and wants his Peacemaker logo on everything.”

Though the video is usually about how screwed up Peacemaker is, it additionally takes time to reward Cena’s chops as a comic book actor. Gunn calls him the very best improv he’s labored with, and David Dastmalchian (Polka-Dot Man) known as Cena’s comedy skills his true superpower. As Steve Agee (King Shark) recollects, Cena discovered the time to show himself piano whereas they had been filming. He additionally needed to discover ways to slice individuals with a sword whereas sporting excessive heels, as one does. Gunn beforehand mentioned that he felt like Peacemaker “had a lot to learn” after the occasions of the Suicide Squad movie. He wouldn’t be the primary not-quite good man to show over a brand new leaf, however given how odd and brazenly murderous he was within the film, his handlers might have their work minimize out for them.

Peacemaker involves HBO Max in January 2022. The Suicide Squad will come to Blu-Ray on October 26.

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