Frank Grillo, who has been a mainstay of the DC Universe with his role as Rick Flag Sr. in next summer’s “Superman,” “Peacemaker,” “Creature Commandos” and “Man of Tomorrow,” released a video message of support to ousted DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran on Wednesday.
On Monday, Gunn and Safran were replaced by Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham as president of DC Studios. Gunn and Safran had overseen the DCU reboot when they took over as CEO of the studio in 2022. They will finish work on “Man of Tomorrow” and “Creature Commandos” Season 2 before returning to their own creative endeavors.
“I feel like now that the dust has settled a little and every wanker with an Instagram account has an opinion, I just wanted to publicly thank two of the best men I’ve ever met in this business, Peter Safran and James Gunn, two of the most loyal guys, two of the most passionate, loving, creative human beings that I’ve had the pleasure and honor to work with,” Grillo said. “It’s just an incredible experience with the two of them, with everything from ‘Creature Commandos’ to ‘Peacemaker’ to ‘Superman’ and now ‘Man of Tomorrow,’ it’s been just amazing. It’s a gift.”
Grillo began playing Rick Flag Sr. in Season 1 of the animated series “Creature Commandos,” then made the jump to live-action in Season 2 of “Peacemaker” and “Superman.” He plays the father of Joel Kinnaman’s Rick Flag Jr., who died in Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad.”
“These two gentlemen are an example of class and what men are truly capable of in Hollywood,” Grillo said. “Whether you like their films or not doesn’t matter to me, but on a personal level, there simply aren’t two better human beings I’ve met. I consider them both dear friends. I’d even pick Peter up from the airport. Maybe not James, but Peter certainly. I want to thank you boys and look forward to what we do next.”
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