NEW YORK (AP) — In last year’s “The Suicide Squad,” John Cena’s Peacemaker is a jingoistic, bigoted superhero. Transferring him to a TV series spinoff gave writer-director James Gunn a forum to hold the flawed DC Comics character to the light. Gunn wrote all eight episodes of the HBO Max series “Peacemaker,” streaming now. He says that allowed him to address today’s political divide in more than an “action-adventure format.” To make things more interesting, Gunn partners Peacemaker with a contrasting character played by Danielle Brooks. Cena, one of the biggest stars of WWE, says he was used to playing a loud-mouthed but moral figure in the ring, while Peacemaker is “flawed and shattered.”
‘Peacemaker’ puts John Cena film character in topical light
