‘Peacemaker’ Star Chukwudi Iwuji On His Character’s Big Reveal, His ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Role & More
etcanada.com“Peacemaker” star Chukwudi Iwuji sat down with Entertainment Weekly for an extensive interview about the big reveal involving his character in the John Cena-starring HBO Max series.
As viewers discovered, Iwuji’s character, Clemson Murn, has actually been under the control of one of the alien “butterflies.” As he explained, he knew the big twist involving his character since the beginning. “Yeah, absolutely,” he said. “It was one of those things where, very rare for television, we got [the scripts for] all eight episodes straight away.
One of my first discussions with [director] James [Gunn] and [‘Peacemaker’ executive producer] Pete Safran was, this is what Murn is, Murn is a butterfly.
But I don’t believe in playing the arc, it diminishes the drama, so I played things just moment by moment. If there were any clues that Murn was a butterfly, it would be in the writing and not my performance, that was the goal I set myself.” READ MORE: Ryan Reynolds Teases ‘Great Cameo’ In ‘Peacemaker’ However, viewers who were paying attention might have noticed some clues about Murn’s true identity. “Now, in the writing, he gets blown up in episode 3 and he still survives,” Iwuji pointed out. “You’ve got to question that, you know.
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