James Gunn Teases John Cena’s ‘The Suicide Squad’ Role

The Suicide Squad director James Gunn recently teased John Cena’s role in the highly-anticipated DC Comics movie.

While responding to a fan’s casting suggestions on Twitter, The Suicide Squad director James Gunn teased that people are “gonna freak out on how amazing” John Cena is “as the character” he portrays in the supervillain team-up flick. While Gunn didn’t confirm who that character is, Cena is said to be playing Christopher Smith, a comic book character better known as Peacemaker.

You can check out James Gunn’s tweet regarding The Suicide Squad star John Cena below.

John Cena’s The Suicide Squad role was reportedly originally intended for Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Endgame star Dave Bautista. However, Bautista wasn’t able to team up with Gunn for The Suicide Squad due to scheduling conflicts.

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The first Suicide Squad followed a team of supervillains who were recruited by the government for a dangerous black ops mission in exchange for reduced sentences. The ensemble cast included Will Smith as Deadshot, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and Jared Leto as The Joker. However, James Gunn is expected to deliver on the fresh take on the team in his upcoming movie.

Written and directed by James Gunn, The Suicide Squad stars David Dastmalchian, John Cena, Jai Courtney, Joaquín Cosío, Nathan Fillion, Joel Kinnaman, Mayling Ng, Flula Borg, Sean Gunn, Juan Diego Botto, Storm Reid, Pete Davidson, Taika Waititi, Alice Braga, Steve Agee, Tinashe Kajese, Daniela Melchior, Peter Capaldi, Julio Ruiz, Jennifer Holland, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, Margot Robbie, and Michael Rooker.

Suicide Squad is available on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD. Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for all the latest news surrounding the DC Extended Universe and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content in the future!

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