Warning: SPOILERS for the Peacemaker episode “One other Rick Up My Sleeve” are forward!
Though the existence of one other universe was revealed within the opening minutes of Peacemaker Season 2, it wasn’t till “One other Rick Up My Sleeve” that John Cena’s Christopher Smith lastly ventured out to discover it. The most recent episode to premiere within the 2025 TV schedule noticed him going to go to that actuality’s Emilia Harcourt whereas pretending to be his deceased counterpart. This Harcourt undoubtedly stood out from “our” Harcourt in a couple of methods, and Jennifer Holland informed CinemaBlend probably the most “tough” factor about portraying two totally different variations of her character.
Along with having a unique coiffure and style sensibility, Harcourt 2 additionally comes off as friendlier than Harcourt 1, and that’s even excluding how the latter has been intentionally choosing fights this season. Nevertheless, once I requested Holland concerning the means of taking part in two Harcourts in Peacemaker Season 2, she opened up about her efforts to guarantee that Harcourt 2 wasn’t lowered to a joke, saying:
For me, probably the most tough side of taking part in Harcourt 2 was that I did not need it to be comical. That how totally different she is from our Harcourt… I did not need it to appear like a comedy routine. Like we’re at all times calling out how totally different she is or one thing like that. So I wished to verify it stayed grounded and that it was actual and that you might purchase each that Chris discovered her engaging not simply because she seems like Harcourt, but additionally that she nonetheless shares a few of the similarities of Harcourt’s character.
To make certain, it’s not like Harcourt 2 is on the other finish of the spectrum as Harcourt 1. They each don’t endure fools gladly, and it’s additionally indicated that Harcourt 2 can deal with herself within the subject as an A.R.G.U.S. agent, too. Nonetheless, clearly Harcourt 2 wanted to face out from Peacemaker’s important model of her to assist present how this universe is totally different from the DCU (and maybe there’s a darkish secret lurking behind it). It’s simply that Jennifer Holland wished to guarantee that Harcourt 2 was nonetheless taken severely moderately than simply be fodder for comedic materials.
So far as Harcourt 2’s extra pleasant character goes, Jennifer Holland additionally counseled director Greg Mottola, who helmed Peacemaker Season 2’s second and third episode, with serving to her work out this side of the character. Within the actress’ phrases:
She nonetheless has a energy to… she’s not a complete pushover, however she wears her coronary heart on her sleeve. She is rather more open together with her emotions than Harcourt from our dimension. So it is actually nearly making an attempt to verify… and Greg Mottola helped me with this rather a lot as a result of he was actually the one who introduced Harcourt with me to the display. So yeah, it was a fragile stability of creating positive that she was grounded and actual, and never comically totally different from our Harcourt.
On this different Earth, Christopher Smith and Emilia Harcourt had been in a severe relationship, however his numerous character defects finally resulted in that collapsing. So when the DCU’s Chris went to the A.R.G.U.S. headquarters on this universe, he noticed she was courting Rick Flag Jr. (reprised by Joel Kinnaman), however he was at the least in a position to restore a few of the injury his counterpart left behind. Does this imply that Chris is likely to be constructing in direction of beginning his personal relationship with Harcourt 2 on condition that Harcourt 1 may be very a lot not serious about one thing like that proper now? We will see.
We’re now on the midway mark with Peacemaker Season 2, so bear in mind to take a look at the again half of episodes Thursday evenings on HBO Max. As soon as the season is over, HBO’s Lanterns would be the subsequent of the upcoming DC TV exhibits to reach.