{"id":2072453,"date":"2025-10-06T14:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2072453"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:52:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:52:02","slug":"james-gunn-revealed-this-peacemaker-character-is-alive-but-never-appears-on-the-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/james-gunn-revealed-this-peacemaker-character-is-alive-but-never-appears-on-the-series\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn Revealed This Peacemaker Character Is Alive (But Never Appears) On The Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Julian, it’s a hungry world full of<\/em> spoilers<\/em><\/strong> for “Peacemaker” season 2.<\/em><\/p>\n

It might be ludicrous to compare “Peacemaker” to Tony Gilroy’s “Andor.” And yet, both shows take a side character in an ensemble and deepen them to the point of becoming essential to their respective franchises. Diego Luna’s Rebel spy went from one of many cool guys in “Rogue One” to getting a spin-off series so good it makes the future of the franchise worrisome<\/a>. The same goes for John Cena’s Christopher Smith, the fourth lead in an irreverent supervillain team movie who is now one of the best DC characters ever put in film or TV<\/p>\n

A big part of why “Peacemaker” works so well comes down to Cena’s performance. He’s not just a great comedic talent in “Peacemaker,” but he uses his wrestling macho and patriotic baby face persona and weaponizes it, turning it on its head by making him a heavily conflicted and quite politically incorrect person. And yet, Cena infuses the character with great vulnerability and a huge heart that makes it hard not to fall for the guy<\/a>. This is also due to the backstory James Gunn gives him, especially relating to Chris’ relationship with his white supremacist father (Robert Patrick’s White Dragon) and his dead brother.<\/p>\n

But in all of this, there is a figure in Chris’ life that’s been missing \u2014 his mother. James Gunn has made a superhero career out of characters with important father relationships, from Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) in “Guardians of the Galaxy”, to Ratcatcher 2 (Daniela Melchior) in “The Suicide Squad” and Nina (Zo\u00eb Chao) in “Creature Commandos.” Mothers, however, are mostly missing (except, thankfully, for Ma Kent in “Superman”). This is true in “Peacemaker,” where Chris’ mother has been thoroughly missing … but not dead.<\/p>\n

As revealed by James Gunn on the official “Peacemaker” podcast<\/a>, Peacemaker’s mom is very much alive. “I know where she is but I’m not going to give it away,” Gunn said, before revealing she was almost in this season, and he even has an actor in mind to play her.<\/p>\n

Read more: The 10 Best Lost Characters, Ranked<\/a><\/p>\n

Is this where Peacemaker season 3 is heading?<\/h2>\n
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