James Gunn says that he minimize a Hitler joke from the most recent episode of Peacemaker Season 2.
Peacemaker Season 2 premiered on HBO Max in August 2024. Created by Gunn, the DCU present sees John Cena reprise his function as Chris Smith/Peacemaker. The primary seven episodes of Peacemaker Season 2 at the moment are obtainable to observe on the streaming service, whereas the finale is scheduled to reach on October 9, 2025.
In Peacemaker Season 2, Chris and the eleventh Avenue Youngsters journey to an alternate world that’s dominated by Nazis. Chris was initially blind to this reality, as he initially thought this actuality would make a pleasant place to reside earlier than studying the reality about it on the finish of Episode 6.
What did James Gunn say about chopping a Hitler joke in Peacemaker Season 2?
Talking on Peacemaker: The Official Podcast With James Gunn, per ComicBookMovie, Gunn stated that he minimize out a joke that includes various A.R.G.U.S. staff donning Hitler-like mustaches.
“They really had a bunch of the blokes shave Hitler mustaches, and so they needed to maintain these on them for days whereas we had been taking pictures,” Jennifer Holland, who performs Emilia Harcourt on the DC Studios and Warner Bros. Tv present, stated.
Gunn added, “Harcourt says to Peacemaker, ‘You don’t discover the copies of Mein Kampf on each desk?’ After which she factors to those guys standing subsequent to the copier and says, ‘What about all these silly little mustaches?’ And there are all these guys with Hitler mustaches. The lame little mustaches regarded too cartoony for me, so I minimize it.”
Whereas that joke didn’t make it into the ultimate minimize of Peacemaker Season 2, there are nonetheless loads of different Hitler references scattered all through Episode 7. Click on right here to learn extra concerning the episode.
Initially reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.
