{"id":2058149,"date":"2025-09-29T19:39:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2058149"},"modified":"2025-09-29T19:39:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:39:26","slug":"james-gunn-wrote-a-season-1-peacemaker-role-for-lance-reddick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/james-gunn-wrote-a-season-1-peacemaker-role-for-lance-reddick\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn Wrote a Season 1 PEACEMAKER Role for Lance Reddick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/peacemaker-season-2-is-amazing-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Peacemaker\u2018s sliding doors story;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Peacemaker<\/em>\u2018s sliding doors story<\/a> has made for a compelling second season. Yet, somewhere in the multiverse, the entire HBO Max show looks very different. Creator James Gunn recently revealed that he originally wrote <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/james-gunn-originally-wanted-dave-bautista-play-peacemaker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the part of Christopher Smith in The Suicide Squad for Dave Bautista;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the part of Christopher Smith in <em>The Suicide Squad <\/em>for Dave Bautista<\/a>. He offered it to John Cena after the <em>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em> star turned it down. Now Gunn has shared that he wrote a major role in <em>Peacemaker<\/em>\u2018s first season for someone else entirely, as well. He created the role of Clemson Murn for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/lance-reddick-the-wire-oz-and-john-wick-star-dead-at-60\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the late Lance Reddick;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the late Lance Reddick<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Lionsgate<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On the most recent <em>Peacemaker <\/em>podcast episode (which we heard about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/1981297\/james-gunn-created-peacemaker-character-murn-lance-reddick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:at \/Film;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">at <em>\/Film<\/em><\/a>) Gunn refuted a claim made by his friend and season two star Michael Rooker. The actor said if someone writes a role with a specific person in mind they always think of that specific person even if they don\u2019t end up playing them. Gunn said that isn\u2019t true and mentioned that he wrote the season one role of secret alien Butterfly Clemson Murn for Lance Reddick. When Reddick couldn\u2019t do it Gunn cast Chukwudi Iwuji, who was absolutely fantastic on the show. (He then went on to star in Gunn\u2019s <em>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gunn said Iwuji \u201cabsolutely owned the role\u201d so much that he changed what Gunn initially thought the part entailed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"James Gunn Wrote a Season 1 PEACEMAKER Role for Lance Reddick_1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"541\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/k16WwZeJFT6EULxM0vVaKw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/nerdist_761\/17e84a219c99739dcfdb9505a888cae3\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Katie Yu\/ HBO Max<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was always easy to see why any director would want Reddick. It\u2019s also easy to see why he would have also been an amazing Murn. While many fans knew the late, great actor for his cool, stern, intense, serious demeanor, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U7R_TCqFu9g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reddick was also incredibly funny;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Reddick was also incredibly funny<\/a>. He would have fit in perfectly with the world of <em>Peacemaker<\/em>. And somewhere in a parallel world him and Dave Bautista combined for a different but incredible version of the show. We\u2019re still thrilled with the version we got. We just wish Lance Reddick were still with us so he could eventually join the show in another role.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peacemaker\u2018s sliding doors story has made for a compelling second season. Yet, somewhere in the multiverse, the entire HBO Max show looks very different. Creator James Gunn recently revealed that he originally wrote the part of Christopher Smith in The Suicide Squad for Dave Bautista. He offered it to John Cena after the Guardians of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2058150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[341185,383323,307230,41332,383322,345098],"class_list":["post-2058149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-christopher-smith","tag-clemson-murn","tag-dave-bautista","tag-james-gunn","tag-lance-reddick","tag-michael-rooker"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/James-Gunn-Wrote-a-Season-1-PEACEMAKER-Role-for-Lance.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2058149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2058150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2058149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2058149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2058149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}