If you haven’t seen the Peacemaker series finale, we’ve already warned you that we’re going to give you a spoiler , so maybe you should stop reading right here. But if you’ve seen it and wondered why certain famous actors haven’t appeared in “that” ending (while others have), we’ll tell you why from the director himself. I’ve given enough warning, from here, we gut the last few minutes of Peacemaker.
If you’ve followed HBO Max’s The Peacemaker series starring John Cena, you’ve seen that season finale with THE quintessential cameo.
In those moments, when everything is already resolved and Peacemaker leaves the scene with Emilia in his arms and his fellow adventurers bruised, none other than The Justice League suddenly appears. Or part of it, specifically: Aquaman, Flash, Wonder Woman and Superman, which floats in the air.
Covered by the gloom, we gaze at their silhouettes, but as Peacemaker walks up to them, calling them f… idiots, rightly accusing them of being late, we see that it’s really Jason Momoa as Aquaman and Ezra Miller as Flash, reprising their roles. in Zack Snyder ‘s Justice League movie.
However, the other two superheroes, Wonder Woman and Superman, remain in the shadows and are interpreted by two “body doubles” .
Why did Gal Gadot and Henry Cavill not appear in the cameo?
James Gunn Responds to Why Gal Gadot and Henry Cavill Don’t Appear in Peacemaker’s Finale
Series creator James Gunn provides the answer to the riddle in an interview with Variety when asked if Gadot or Cavill were even asked about appearing in that season finale.
“I really don’t think so. I actually thought of it to be just Jason (Momoa). Ezra Miller was more of an extra kick, because I found out he was interested in doing it.”
So it seems that they didn’t even ask Superman or Wonder Woman and that Gunn was only thinking about Aquaman speaking and thus showing his face.
However, one quickly realizes that, in addition to the absence of actors, there is also a notable absence of League superheroes . Specifically, Batman and Cyborg .
Regarding that, Gunn’s response was more enigmatic, hesitating on the subject.
“You know, I don’t know what I can…there are reasons for the absence, but I don’t really know if I can say what those reasons are,” Gunn explained. “It could have to do with things in the future,” he insists in the interview, to move on from the subject.
Actually, the thing is quite clear in these two cases.
Both Ben Affleck, who played Batman, and Ray Fisher, who played Cyborg, have ended up not wanting to return to the characters for different reasons .
In the case of Affleck, it is the weariness of the role , accentuated by the reshoots of The Justice League in Snyder version, so, apparently, it will appear briefly in The Flash movie and that’s it. In the case of Fisher, because he is still locked in the fight with Warner and DC over allegations of racism and unacceptable behavior from the unpresentable Joss Whedon, Geoff Johns and company.
That you already know what happens in these cases, that if you say something about the bad behavior of the powerful, the one that bounces out of there is you… As happened to Fisher.
So there is the mystery explained by the mouth of the creator himself. Of course, Superman’s body double is trying to take advantage of those seconds in the dark to run as the new Man of Steel. We don’t think he will, but the resemblance is uncanny.