James Gunn’s ‘Peacemaker’ Adds Alison Araya, Lenny Jacobson To Cast In Recurring Roles
Peacemakerhas added two more actors to its growing ensemble.Alison ArayaandLenny Jacobsonare the latest to join thePeacemakercast as new characters in the HBO Max spin-off series of writer/directorJames Gunn’s upcoming movieThe Suicide Squad.Varietybroke the news that Alison Araya and Lenny Jacobson have been tapped for recurring roles in the upcomingPeacemakerseries at HBO Max. Araya and Jacobson will play the married couple Amber and Evan, respectively.
Araya is an Australian-Latina actress who is best known for appearing onRiverdale,Arrow, andJulie and the Phantoms. Meanwhile, Jacobson previously starred inNarcos: Mexicoat Netflix and is currently appearing on the alt-history space dramaFor All Mankindat Apple. He’s also appeared on TV shows likeNurse Jackieand films likeBumblebeeandLike Father.
Amber and Evan don’t appear to be established characters from the DC Comics canon, so we can probably assume that these are characters invented by Gunn. The description is so vague that it’s hard to tell how major of a role Araya and Jacobson have, or whether Amber and Evan will be more than mere background characters, but there you have it.
Araya and Jacobson join the series led byJohn Cena, who reprises his role as Peacemaker, the “superhero/supervillain/and world’s biggest douchebag” who will appear in Gunn’sThe Suicide Squadwhen it hits theaters and HBO Max this August.
Gunn’s series will show how Peacemaker became “a man who believes in peace at any cost — no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.” Gunn andThe Suicide SquadproducerPeter Safranwill serve as executive producers of the series, with Cena as co-executive producer.
The Suicide Squadwill hit theaters and HBO Max onAugust 6, 2021,andPeacemakeris currently slated to arrive inJanuary 2022.
