Marvel star back to play Rick Flag, Sr for the DCU in an entirely unexpected way

May. 10, 2024

Frank Grillo is set to play Rick Flag, Sr. in both Creature Commandos and Peacemaker season 2

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Frank Grillo is making the jump from the MCU toJames Gunnand Peter Safran’s DCU.

It was announced last year that Grillo would be voicing Rick Flag, Sr. in Creature Commandos, a World War II veteran and field commander of the Suicide Squadron. Gunn took to Instagram to announce that Grillo would be taking the character to live-action status and playing Rick Flag, Sr. in Peacemaker season 2.

“Pleased to announce the great@frankgrillo1will be reprising the role of Rick Flag, Sr - the role he’ll first play in animated form in Creature Commandos - throughout Season 2 of#Peacemaker,” Gunn wrote alongside a photo of him and Grillo. “Christopher Smith and Rick Sr have a little unfinished business to take care of…”

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Grillo played Brock Rumlow aka Crossbones in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, and Avengers: Endgame. Horror fans know him as Sgt. Leo Barnes from The Purge franchise.

Peacemaker season 2 does not yet have a release date, though Creature Commandos is slated to come out this year and mark the official beginning of DC Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.

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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.

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