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The following article contains\u00a0spoilers<\/strong> for “Peacemaker” season 2, episode 5.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n DC Studios co-CEO and “Peacemaker”\u00a0series creator James\u00a0Gunn puts a lot of thought into the stories he writes and directs, but sometimes there are hidden depths brought out by some of the extraordinary people he works with. Gunn regularly hires some of the same actors to star in his movies and shows \u2014 including his brother Sean Gunn, “Castle” star Nathan\u00a0Fillion, and “The Walking Dead”\u00a0star Michael Rooker<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and while each is able to bring something special to the table, Rooker managed to make one scene in “Peacemaker” season 2 much more meaningful than it had been on the page.<\/p>\n On an episode of the official “Peacemaker”\u00a0podcast<\/a>, Gunn was joined by cast and crew from the series to talk about the episode “Back to the Suture,” in which Michael\u00a0Rooker’s bonkers eagle-hunting character Red St. Wild finally came face-to-face with Peacemaker’s pet eagle,\u00a0Eagly, whom he believed to be the “prime eagle.” While Gunn had originally intended for St. Wild to go out like a wimp, begging for his life, Rooker took it in a different direction, with his character seeing the error of his ways and trying to make real amends before getting absolutely shredded by eagle talons. Instead of just being a weird cultural appropriation joke and a bit of redemption for Gunn and Rooker’s previous crimes<\/a> against birds in “The Suicide Squad,”\u00a0Rooker’s performance makes his death mean something and gives his character an actual arc.<\/p>\n