John Cena Might See $1,900,000 Worth Director Follow the Same Advice Given to Him While Preparing for the Peacemaker Role

Have you been a fan of THE Peacemaker, aka Christopher Smith, long before James Gunn reintroduced it in The Suicide Squad? If the answer is yes, you might like to thank its comic book counterpart. But would you believe it that the on-screen Peacemaker John Cena himself didn’t bother picking up the classic comic book issues before or during the production of the titular show? He indeed didn’t because he was told not to.

The HBO Max original series Peacemaker is a sidequel to the 2021 DC film The Suicide Squad. But it had its roots in the Silver Age of comics in the 1960s. Cena previously told that Gunn wanted him to craft the character in his own way. The $80 million actor brilliantly added his own spin to the character, making the project one of the DC’s biggest successes. Now, it seems like Marvel studio wants to pull off the same strategy for their upcoming Secret Invasion.

Secret Invasion Director Ali Selim claimed that he isn’t allowed to read the comic version

The Secret Invasion director, Ali Selim, recently disclosed that he was also told not to go through the Marvel comics. It’s most probably for the same reason above, that’s to make the show as authentic as possible.

During a recent interview with Screenrant, Selim was asked how he chose which parts of the Secret Invasion comic to adopt while directing the series. The director explained, ‘‘When I took on this job as director, I didn’t write the script, so a lot of those decisions were made by Kyle Bradstreet and the other team of writers that we had. The first thing I was told is don’t read the comics. It had nothing to do with what we’re trying to do here. This story was really born out of the electricity created between Sam Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn or Nick Fury and Talos in Captain Marvel.”

Selim further added that it’s a story unto itself which would expand the MCU and other characters beyond the comic book.

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Now it will be interesting to see if Secret Invasion surpasses Cena’s Peacemaker in terms of success or not. Prior to that, let’s have a quick look at what the changes DC brought to their live-action remake of the iconic superhero comic.

Evolution of Peacemaker: From comic book to live action

Peacemaker was not even a DC Comics character. It was originally introduced in Charlton Comics’ Fightin’ 5#40 in November 1966.

Christopher Smith is quite different in the Charlton comic books. He is a diplomat who turned to his superhero power to fight the odds. He mostly played a pacifist who would readily take on dictators and warlords.

Under DC Comics, the character has gone through a little evolution. He transformed into a victim of the Vietnam War and was mentally distorted. He started to work for the government in the hope of a second chance and eventually took up the alias of the Peacemaker.

In the live-action, Smith came out as a totally different character who had a traumatic childhood that involved killing his brother and being trained by his father. He was ready to do anything and everything for the sake of peace, including killing numerous men, women, and children in the process.

Gunn’s execution was overall based on a more comedic tone. Now we need to see when Peacemaker 2 will unfold.

What are your thoughts on Director Ali Selim’s recent claim that resembled John Cena’s situation at the time of Peacemaker? Let us know in the comments.

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