One DC actor isn't saying anything about his Superman role because Marvel "almost fired him 36 times" for revealing spoilers: "I am so bad at this"
Sep. 27, 2024Rick Flag actor Frank Grillo jokes that he was almost kicked out of Marvel dozens of times before heading to DC
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New DC actor Frank Grillo has learned a valuable lesson from his time playing Crossbones in the MCU: don’t say anything.
When pressed byComicBook.comon sharing more about his role as Rick Flag Sr. across Creature Commandos,Superman, and Peacemaker season 2, Grillo said he would be keeping his lips sealed.
“You know, unfortunately, there’s nothing I can really say that wouldn’t get me in trouble,” Grillo said.
He continued, “I am so bad at this. Like, Marvel almost fired me 36 f***ing times because… I never want to lie. And so, I do that a little too much. But I’ve been warned.”
Grillo later clarified toTMZthat, while he had been warned byMarvel Studiosin the past, he was joking about almost being fired. Grillo played Brock ‘Crossbones’ Rumlow inCaptain America: The Winter SoldierandCaptain America: Civil War.
“One time I said something out of context and Marvel said, ‘Please don’t say anything,” Grillo told the outlet. “All of us get in trouble for saying stuff, because we never know what we can say and what we can’t say.”
Grillo is set to appear alongside a menagerie of monsters in the upcoming Max animated series Creature Commandos as Rick Flag Sr., father of The Suicide Squad’s Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman). The cast also features The Witcher’s Anya Chalotra, Borat 2’s Maria Bakalova, and Stranger Things’ David Harbour.
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