'Peacemaker': Freddie Stroma on Vigilante and Passing James Gunn's A**hole Test (Exclusive)
etonline.comhas enraptured fans with its tongue-in-cheek yet action-packed take on life of an antihero who desperately wants to be liked.
While John Cena’s titular egotistical hired assassin is at the center of James Gunn’s HBO Max series, it's the ensemble cast of quirky characters that really brings the story alive.
Especially Freddie Stroma, who plays Peacemaker’s longtime, adoring friend, Vigilante, a sociopath who has no problem killing anyone who has done wrong -- or seen him out of costume. “He’s definitely a psychopath,” Stroma tells ET’s Will Marfuggi, explaining that he’s really a foil for Peacemaker, who has developed a conscience over the course of the season. “He’s trying to figure out where he is on the moral spectrum.
That’s what he’s trying to figure out through the show. And then, Vigilante represents what he was before. Maybe not quite as psychotic.” That said, there’s a foolish charm bolstered by Stroma’s stunning good looks that is disarming. “He’s very off… but he’s got this sort of sweet aspect to him,” Gunn tells Polygon.His ringtone is Aqua’s “Barbie Girl,” after all. “It’s so good, because you can never put your finger on him and you just don’t know what this character is,” Stroma says.
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