Frank Grillo is likely one of the hottest motion stars for audiences searching for a violent option to go the time on free streaming websites, however he has additionally been making his presence felt in James Gunn’s DCU, voicing Rick Flagg Sr in Creature Commandos, and taking part in the character in live-action in each Peacemaker Season 2 and subsequent month’s Superman. Just lately, the actor revealed that he’s having far more enjoyable working with James Gunn than he did within the MCU.
Grillo made his MCU debut as Crossbones in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and subsequently made small appearances in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil Battle and as an alternate model of the character in Avengers: Endgame. Nonetheless, general Grillo believed that his character was price a lot greater than he obtained. Talking at FAN EXPO Dallas (through ScreenRant), the place he appeared in help of the upcoming third season of Tulsa King, Grillo stated:
“It was unlucky as a result of Crossbones isn’t onscreen that a lot, and that is years in the past. Folks love that character, and Marvel appears to have reused each different character besides Crossbones. Now he’s popping up in Spider-Man comics and Daredevil comics as a result of he’s an awesome villain, so I used to be anticipating to have numerous enjoyable with it. However sadly, he perished form of rapidly. However I like working with James Gunn. I did the voice for Creature Commandos, after which I’m in Peacemaker, which is developing in August. And earlier than that, it’s Superman with Rick Flag. So, it’s completely different; it’s extra of an journey than the Marvel stuff was.”

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Frank Grillo Returns to the DCU in ‘Superman’
As Grillo famous, he might be making his live-action DCU debut as Rick Flagg Sr. in Superman. Together with his position having been teased in a number of trailer clips for the film, the actor just lately addressed the movie, and David Corenswet’s portrayal of the titular superhero.
“With David there’s one thing very Christopher Reeve about him. He encompasses this aura. There’s one thing about this man…I don’t know if I may articulate it, however I used to be like ‘oh, this man is Superman.”
That’s precisely what many followers need to hear – other than followers of Henry Cavill’s model of the Man of Metal, after all – and with Superman seeking to doubtlessly break not solely DC information however Warner Bros. Photos’ opening weekend report, plainly there might be loads of individuals getting eyes on Superman when it arrives in cinemas on July 11.
For Grillo, he’ll then make one other look as Flagg Sr. within the extremely anticipated second season of Peacemaker. The place his character goes from right here shouldn’t be but recognized, however from his feedback he actually appears to have a way more everlasting place within the DCU than he did within the MCU.
Supply: ScreenRant

Superman
- Launch Date
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July 11, 2025
- Director
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James Gunn
- Producers
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Lars P. Winther, Peter Safran