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David Denman keeps it hush about his mystery character in 'Peacemaker' season two while chatting with THR at the red carpet premiere. Plus, he breaks down how he was approached by James Gunn and says it was daunting having to go back to the gym and workout for the role.

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00:00Congratulations, you are joining this cast in a mystery role.

00:05What can you tease about this character, if at all?

00:08Oh, nothing. I can tease absolutely nothing.

00:11I'll just say it's a really fun reveal for fans when you do see who I'm playing.

00:17We've been very tight-lipped about this since the day I got cast,

00:22and we're not going to spoil it now, but it's good. It's good.

00:26I promise you, it's going to be worth the wait.

00:28Is there anything you can tell us about, did James approach you?

00:31Was it a very grueling process?

00:33I've known James for over 20 years.

00:35We worked together on a movie he produced called Brightburn,

00:38which was sort of the Superman, if Superman were a villain, horror version of that story.

00:44That's where I met Jen and Steve Agee.

00:48I worked with Freddie about 10 years ago on a movie called 13 Hours.

00:53Coming onto set was very familiar.

00:56There was a lot of people I already knew, and I was really big fans of the first season.

01:00And yeah, James called me and asked me if I would be up for this,

01:03and sort of gave me the rundown of what it would entail.

01:07And I realized I was going to have to get back in the gym and work out,

01:12and that was a little daunting, but I did it.

01:15And yeah, you know, I had a great time.

01:20It's tough, it's tough telling everybody about the show without telling anybody about what you do,

01:26but it's a really fun reveal.

01:28Well, how much intel did James give you ahead of time about this character,

01:32and maybe the character's arc, versus how much was it a mystery for you as well to a certain degree?

01:38Oh, I mean, he sent me all the scripts, so I knew what I was getting into from the jump,

01:45and we did have a conversation about it.

01:47You know, when you're playing a character, you've got to fill in the backstory,

01:51all the stuff that's not on the page, so we would have those conversations,

01:54and we would make sure that, you know, I was on the same page.

01:58We got to know what this guy was, what this world was, and yeah, that was our jumping off point.

02:04And then we get on set, and we mix it up, yeah.

02:08How do you think this season is going to set things up for James' overall vision for the future of the DCU?

02:14Perfectly.

02:16I can't give it away, I can't give it away.

02:19I'm just saying, it's all a big puzzle piece that he's putting together,

02:23and it will all reveal itself as the season goes on, and then everyone will,

02:28well, I think of a better understanding of what his arc and plan is for this universe.

02:32It's a great thing, though.

02:34Well, I love how much chemistry you guys all have as a cast.

02:37Like, I feel like the energy is so great.

02:39Especially John, just here in the suit, really just, like, embracing this character.

02:43It takes that thing off. I think he lives in it now.

02:45I mean, if I could wear a suit like that, I'd live in it. Why not?

02:49How would you describe the chemistry joining this cast and having someone like John as a scene partner?

02:55John is, I mean, I say he's better than advertised. He is such a gentleman, such a pro, such a great scene partner.

03:07So giving and willing to be vulnerable and improv and, you know, and be funny and roll with everything.

03:14I mean, I wish all my scene partners were John Cena. Honestly, he's really terrific.

03:19And everybody else in the cast that I got to interact with and work with, they were great.

03:26It was a great run. I mean, you know, James always talks about that, you know,

03:31the third step of writing a script is getting on set and filming it, and we improv lines.

03:35He improvs with us. He yells out ad-libs. You know, he's on a microphone with the speaker.

03:40And so you just, as a company, you've got to be willing to roll with that.

03:43But he also creates a safety net to allow you to fail.

03:46Because if it doesn't work, we just don't use it, you know?

03:48So if you go for it, you can sometimes find gold.

03:51And, you know, I just love that process of working, and James is, you know, the best at it.

03:56Sure. Finally, I know John said that he would love to see a Peacemaker, a Batman crossover.

04:01What crossover would you love to see?

04:04Oh, I mean, I would love to see... God.

04:08I mean, I would love to... I can't wait to see the Green Lantern series.

04:12I think that's going to be incredible.

04:14And a completely different style and tone.

04:17It would be fun to see those worlds, you know, collide.

04:21So that might be kind of interesting. I don't know how that would happen, but who knows?

04:25We'll make it happen. With James Gunn's mind, anything can happen.

04:28Anything is possible in the DCU.

04:34Okay.

04:35We've tried so many times.

04:36And it was very so wonderful.

04:38We're not 360...

04:40And I can do that now.

04:42...

04:44And we also have to watch the Blue Lantern.

04:46That's what we think.

04:47We'll see on a very high-speed.

04:48We'll see if we go through the questions.

04:49And we can see how the Blue Lantern series will be...

04:50We'll see if we go through the New Lantern.

04:52We'll see if we can.

04:53We'll see a couple again in the Q&A.

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