Sean Gunn thinks his brother, the Creature Commandos creator James Gunn “has a darkness” inside himself, which displays within the “extremely unhappy” storyline he penned for his brother’s character, the Weasel within the DC collection.
The actor opened up about his brother’s darkish and emotionally charged storytelling, significantly in crafting the heartbreaking arc for Weasel within the animated collection.
“It is extremely unhappy,” Sean stated of Weasel’s storyline.
The actor, who portrayed the character through efficiency seize in The Suicide Squad and voices him in Creature Commandos, acknowledged the depth of emotion infused into the position.
“James himself has a darkness, and there’s a darkness to quite a lot of his work.”
While Sean was accustomed to his brother’s inventive tendencies, he admitted that the tragic particulars of Weasel’s backstory nonetheless stunned him.
James’s strategy to the character was rooted in relatability.
“Weasel doesn’t assume in dialogue,” Sean defined. “But for any of us who’ve and love canine, you understand that your canine has a fairly advanced emotional life. So you set this character by the ringer, and it turns into very relatable — but additionally new. It’s tragic and unhappy, and in addition, I’ve by no means actually seen something like that on tv.”
Sean revealed the hassle that went into perfecting Weasel’s gut-wrenching closing moments. The intense sequence required a number of recording classes, particularly for the climactic scream as Weasel is dragged away by police.
“I used to be a bit of sick once we did it the primary time, and the scream wasn’t even like 1/5 of what it wanted to be,” Sean admitted. “When we went again, we knew we actually wanted to get the scream.”
