Frank Grillo first delved into the superhero style when he performed Frank Grillo, a.okay.a. Crossbones, within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s secure to say, although, that his function as Rick Flag Sr. within the DC Universe is giving him much more to do. We’ve already heard him because the character within the Max subscription-exclusive animated collection Creature Commandos, and he’s returning in James Gunn’s Superman subsequent month, adopted by Peacemaker Season 2 when it premieres on the 2025 TV schedule in August. Grillo is already fairly comfy declaring he prefers Flag to Crossbones, and defined his reasoning in a current interview.
With Superman’s impending arrival only a handful of weeks away on the 2025 films schedule, Frank Grillo mentioned enjoying Rick Flag Sr. whereas participating within the Tulsa King panel at Fan EXPO Dallas (through ScreenRant). The actor, who stars as Invoice Bevilaqua within the crime drama collection streamable with a Paramount+ subscription, shared why he’s discovered his DCU function extra fulfilling, saying:
Rick Flag Sr… It was unlucky as a result of Crossbones is not 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 is popping up in Spider-Man comics and Daredevil comics as a result of he is an important 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 am in Peacemaker, which is arising in August. And earlier than that, it is Superman with Rick Flag. So, it is completely different; it is extra of an journey than the Marvel stuff was.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier arrange Brock Rumlow as one of many many HYDRA operative embedded inside S.H.I.E.L.D, and on the finish of that film, the groundwork was laid for him to develop into Crossbones. Nevertheless, the supervillain was then rapidly killed off at the start of Captain America: Civil Struggle, and Grillo has since solely performed alternate timeline/universe variations of the character in Avengers: Endgame and some episodes of What If… ?. He anticipated Crossbones to be a meatier function, however that didn’t find yourself taking place.
In distinction, Frank Grillo has been given far more do as Rick Flag Sr., which is exceptional contemplating the DC Universe solely started slightly over half a 12 months in the past. Nevertheless, with Flag trying like he’s serving as a Nick Fury-type determine on this franchise, it is sensible to seed him into these completely different corners. These newest feedback remind me of when Grillo mentioned final December that he likes the DCU over the MCU as a result of it’s extra “contained” and “private.”
We’ll see how Frank Grillo does in live-action as Rick Flag Sr. when Superman and Peacemaker Season 2 arrive to our massive and small screens, respectively. We are able to additionally rely on him to reprise Flag vocally once more each time Creature Commandos Season 2 is launched to Max.