As new universe of DC movies and TV series kicks off from studio co-head James Gunn and Peter Safranviewers can expect one character to stick throughout the first few projects, and that’s the actor Frank Grillo’s Rick Flagg Sr.
Grillo will play captain Rick Flag, Sr. for the first time in an animated series. biocommandowhich will premiere on Max this fall.
The character has become entrenched in the DC Universe as the father of the late Rick Flag, Jr., who was played by Joel Kinnaman at gunn’s suicide squad (2021). The film’s producers previously confirmed Grillo will also play Flag Sr.
in season 2 peacemakerwhich creates potential conflict since it is the titular character of the show (John Heenan) killed Flagg’s son in the earlier film.
And it doesn’t stop there. After paparazzi photos of Grillo on set revealed supermanGunn confirmed entertainment weekly The banner will be part of the big screen release next summer.
Gunn talked about the role of Rick Flagg Sr. in an interview with the media, explaining: “Frank has been developing his character, which is very cool. The character is also supermanhe is a very important part peacemaker. He is one of the main characters in the play peacemaker Season 2.
“So we get to see this character in different ways, and he’s not simple. This is not just a good guy, not at all. We see all the different sides of his character. He’s a morally complex person.” Gerry Lowe is someone I’ve known for a while and I’ve always wanted to work with him.
“When I took over the studio, he was one of the first people I talked to and was like, ‘We’re going to find you some cool stuff,’ and now he’s everywhere.”
Grillo’s performance will reportedly prove Gunn and Safran’s previously announced policy concept regarding their new DC Universe, which is that characters in animated and live-action projects will always be played by the same actors.
So if there is a superman The character could be played by a star in a video game or animated series following next year’s movie David Collenswaite The same is true in these versions.
With his role as Flagg in the animated series, live-action series, and live-action film, Grillo will truly occupy every corner of the emerging DC multimedia franchise.
Gunn continued: “An actor has to be able to work in different genres, and that’s what Frank does well. He’s very good at comedy. biocommando And he’s also very good at drama peacemaker and superman”.
When DC fans first experienced the character of Rick Flag, Sr., biocommando It will premiere on Max on December 5th.
