John Cena is perhaps one of the best superhero castings ever, embodying the role of Peacemaker in a way that has taken him from a C-list comic character to an A-lister in the new cinematic DC Universe. But Peacemaker TV creator James Gunn tells Howard Stern that he actually had a totally different WWE wrestler in mind for the role - and who it is should be no surprise.
"It was Dave Bautista. He's a very good friend of mine. Obviously he plays Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy. And I wrote the role of Peacemaker for him," Gunn explains. "We offered him the role, but he was offered two movies, and we weren't paying him a lot. So he had to go where the money was."
