According to Comicbook, Stephen Amell (The Flash), who starred in the CW’s Arrow as Green Arrow, recently took aim at DC Studios co-chief James Gunn (Superman). During podcast interview with Chris Van Vliet, Amell expressed how the Arrow bosses routinely disrespected the people behind DC’s movies as well as in the series Peacemaker. In an episode of Peacemaker, the vigilante says that Green Arrow “goes to Brony conventions dressed as the back half of Twilight Sparkle.”
Green Arrow was not the only DC character that Peacemaker made fun of. The series also made fun of other characters, including Wonder Woman and Aquaman, who had brief cameos. After seeing the episode, Amell stated that he was not a fan.
“That was a little unnecessary,” Amell told Van Vliet on YouTube. “I didn’t f—ing appreciate that at all….Okay. I am just going to come right out and say this. There was just such…between the movies and Peacemaker a little bit, our show was kind of treated like s–t. I get it, we’re on The CW, I get it, it’s TV. But I also get the fact that when people think about the most recent iteration of DC, they don’t think about the Snyder Cut – they think about the Arrowverse. We got crapped on for years, and years, and years, and this just seemed excessive. I’m not actually mad, but I just remember hearing that and just being like, ‘F–k those guys,’ like seriously. I’m up here. I’m working just as hard as anyone else. Do you know how hard it is to play a superhero with no superpowers for 23 episodes a year? It’s really, really, really hard, and I’m not looking for a prize, but, like, maybe don’t s–t on our show.”
As per Comicbook, although his initial response was to take a shot back at John Cena (Jackpot!), who plays Peacemaker in the series, he decided not to. He admitted that he wasn’t truly upset with the actor, even praising Cena and stating that if he should be angry with anyone, it’s Gunn.
“I’ve met John a handful of times, and there couldn’t be a nicer, more genuine person,” Amell said. “If I should be mad at anyone, it should be James Gunn for writing that in the first place. But John Cena could not be a nicer guy. It’s not a personal vendetta against Cena.”
Peacemaker is available to stream on Max.