James Gunn Called Elizabeth Banks To "A--hole Check" Peacemaker Star
Peacemaker director James Gunn admitted to calling Elizabeth Banks up to check if Freddie Stroma, who plays Vigilante, was an "a**hole." Stroma landed the role of Adrian Chase, aka Vigilante, in May of 2021, replacing Chris Conrad mid-filming. The British actor has taken part in some of the biggest film and TV franchises, including Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and Netflix's Bridgerton. Vigilante has appeared in all four of the series' episodes so far.
The first DCEU television series, Peacemaker, debuted its first three episodes on January 13, with episode 4, «The Choad Less Traveled,» dropping on January 20. Peacemaker's latest episode revealed that the titular antihero, played by the talented John Cena, had a brother that died, with Peacemaker claiming that he was involved in his own brother's death. Episode 4 closed on a montage of the main character remembering what happened in his youth, reminding him of when his brother fell and died in front of him.
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Now, Gunn, who is a regular on Twitter, tweets out a thank you to actor and director Banks for her recommendation of Stroma. Gunn writes that he reached out to Banks, who worked with the Peacemaker actor on Pitch Perfect, to do an "a**hole check," as he does not work with negative people. She eventually told him that Stroma was a "great" guy, which Gunn says proved to be the right call. Check out the tweet below:
Also I should thank <a href=«https://twitter.com/ElizabethBanks?ref_src=» https: screenrant.com>@ElizabethBanks
who I called to do an asshole check to make sure <a href=«https://twitter.com/freddiestroma?ref_src=» https: screenrant.com>@freddiestroma was a good guy (I won’t work with assholes) —
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