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Regardless of cultivating a fame for nearly at all times casting a handful of standard collaborators in nearly all of his initiatives courting again properly over a decade, James Gunn has been coming underneath rising fireplace among the many DCU devoted as a result of he ended up marrying considered one of them.
Having already responded to nepotism accusations by kindly reminding the trolls that he’s solely ever forged Jennifer Holland in considered one of his comedian e-book variations – even when her look in The Suicide Squad then led straight into a serious recurring half in Peacemaker – Peter Safran’s spouse Natalia has quietly racked up much more cameo appearances within the franchise than his fellow co-CEO’s partner.
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After all, it doesn’t generate wherever close to the identical degree of noise as a result of Gunn is the primary port of name for haters, and we also needs to level out that Mrs. Safran has solely ever been restricted to background cameos, whereas Holland has performed the identical half throughout The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, Black Adam, and her newest visitor spot that you just’ve in all probability heard all about by now.
It’s additionally not a coincidence that Safran’s husband produced all the films through which he popped up, along with her unforgettable and pivotal contributions to the DCU numbering Aquaman‘s Rina, Mrs. Sivana in an alternate scene from Shazam!, The Suicide Squad‘s Kaleidoscope, and Mrs. Goff in Peacemaker‘s third installment “Higher Goff Lifeless,” earlier than her most up-to-date displaying because the integral Driver with Kittens in Fury of the Gods.
Clearly, the 2 can’t actually be in contrast given their respective significance to the mythology at massive, but it surely’s undoubtedly price noting for the naysayers on the market that Natalia Safran is extra of a DCU common than Jennifer Holland when it comes to numbers alone.