If you’re enjoying Michael Rooker’s performance as Red St. Wild, the culturally insensitive eagle hunter on Peacemaker Season 2… Well, it wasn’t originally Michael Rooker playing the role. As James Gunn revealed on the official podcast for the fourth episode of the season, they shot the role with another actor entirely, before calling in Rooker, who has appeared in nearly every project Gunn has previously worked on.
“Last season, we talked a lot about how we recast Vigilante,” Gunn explained on the podcast. And in case you’re confused about that, Season 1 was originally shot with actor Chris Conrad in the role of Vigilante, who left the production due to reportedly equally agreed upon creative differences. Other than scenes where Vigilante was in costume that actor Freddie Stroma redubbed, and one threesome scene where you can still see Conrad from the back, everything else was reshot, with Stroma now in the role — which he reprises in Season 2.
Anyway, seems like they did the same sort of thing with Red St. Wild.
“Well, we recast the character of Red St. Wild,” Gunn continued. “He was another actor, he was a very talented actor, great guy. It just didn’t work out for various reasons. And so after we had shot most of his scenes, I called up my friend Michael Rooker. I said, I want you to come in and maybe, you know, do this role for us. He said, how much money? I said, you’ll actually have to pay us. And he agreed to come in.”
Laughing, Gunn explained that was a joke, continuing that, “No, but he agreed as a favor to come in and do the role. And he did it in a short amount of time. And he’s very, very funny on the show.”
Naturally, the follow-up question is who was originally cast as Red St. Wild on Peacemaker Season 2, and the answer is: we don’t know. At least, not yet. The original casting call from last July was for “men of all ethnicities between 30-65. The character is bearded, an outdoorsman, and a hunter with a fondness for prey.” So we can narrow our search down to every man of any ethnicity between 30 and 65, which should make this pretty easy to figure out.
Peacemaker Season 2 Premiere Dates And Episode Guide:
Peacemaker season 2 premiered on HBO Max on Thursday, August 21. The season will be eight episodes long, with one episode premiering per week.
Here’s the full list of episodes in Peacemaker Season 2, with premiere dates:
- Thursday, August 21, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 1
- Thursday, August 28, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 2
- Thursday, September 4, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 3
- Thursday, September 11, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 4
- Thursday, September 18, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 5
- Thursday, September 25, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 6
- Thursday, October 2, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 7
- Thursday, October 9, 2025: Peacemaker, Season 2, Episode 8 *Season Finale*
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