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You wanted monsters, sneers the Bride (Indira Varma) as she takes her place next to Flag.
Did we want monsters?
For Gunn, the reason is simple: It was written, he tellsDen of Geekwith a self-deprecating laugh.
Robot, a decommissioned Nazi-killing android from World War II (also Sean Gunn).
To fight a witch, Waller sends monsters, and Gunns cast relished the chance to play the villains.
I like being straight-up evil, quips Tudyk, whose Doctor Phosphorus gleefully deliversMortal Kombat-style kills.
In animation, murdering people is pretty fun.
It isnt a long day and youre not covered in blood.
I can burn so many faces and then go have lunch.
I dont think either G.I.
Robot or Weasel has an ounce of evil in them.
Weasels just big and lovable… he begins to say but cuts himself off.
Well, well learn more about Weasel.
Even Tudyk teases that the origin story for my character is heartbreaking.
The one exception here is merwoman Nina Mazursky, the sweetheart of the show.
I think thats her real superpower.
Shes finally found her tribe in this motley crew of monsters.
But Frank Grillo and Maria Bakalova follow their co-stars lead by finding human notes in the characters.
Grillo approaches the challenge with a soldiers sobriety.
You just absorb the circumstance and you go with it.
Were never telegraphing what to think about that character.
We dont explain her intentions, whether theyre good or bad.
Ilana doesnt exist before we see her on screen, Bakalova says with a smile.
So you have no way of knowing if shes telling the truth or lying or manipulating.
What is it actually?
Bakalova has the freedom to create her charactera privilege that her castmates do not share.
Its also a relief that I didnt have to go outside the script to piece together Nina.
Well have a conversation.
To fill out his new weird, wonderful world, James Gunn chose Dean Lorey to beCreature Commandos showrunner.
However, whileCreature Commandoscertainly has humor, its far less goofy than Loreys previous projects.
This show has a great deal more gravity to it.
For his part, Gunn doesnt see the show as anything so grand.
And those are just the things Im working on.
When you get toSupergirl: Woman of TomorroworLanterns, those are completely other things.
Every story in the DCU is completely different.
From that perspective,Creature Commandosmay be the perfect series to begin the new DC Universe.
Creature Commandos premieres on Max on Dec. 5.
