James Gunn & Vigilante Actor Explain Peacemaker Finale Cut Eagly Joke
James Gunn and Vigilante actor Freddie Stroma explain a cut Eagly joke from the Peacemakerseason 1 finale. Peacemaker is a spin-off of last year's The Suicide Squad movieand the first television series set within the DC Extended Universe, which was played off for some comic relief during the season 1 finale in which the Justice League makes an ill-timed appearance to help John Cena's titular anti-hero complete the mission known as Project Butterfly. While Superman and Wonder Woman are kept in the shadows, Flash actor Ezra Miller and Aquaman star Jason Momoa do make cameo appearances, the latter sharing a humorous exchange with Peacemaker.
Before Peacemaker even aired its season 1 finale, the HBO Max spin-off was renewed for a second season with Gunn returning to write and direct all episodes. The filmmaker previously displayed his unique comic sensibilities on Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy movies, though his crossover to DC for the R-rated Suicide Squad allowed him to show off his edgy sense of humor like never before. The potty-mouthed Peacemaker is perhaps the best outlet for that given the absurd nature of the character and his penchant for juvenile bickering with his cohorts, most notably Stroma's self-proclaimed crimefighter, Vigilante.
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A fan recently reached out to James Gunn on Twitter asking for some additional context regarding an outtake in which Vigilante suggests Peacemaker pee on his pet Eagly. Gunn explains that the cut joke was from the scene when Eagly was disobeying Peacemaker and that was Vigilante's absurd idea for demonstrating dominance and getting him to listen. Freddie Stroma also chimed in on Twitter saying that Gunn
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