James Gunn revealed that the origin story of the DC sequence Creature Commandos character Weasel is the “the saddest factor” the filmmaker ever wrote, and why.
Spoiler Alert for Season 1, Episode 4 of Creature Commandos, at present streaming on Max.
Gunn shed new mild on Weasel, the misunderstood character first launched in The Suicide Squad (2021).
Contrary to the accusations that landed Weasel in Belle Reve jail, Gunn all the time believed the character wasn’t liable for killing 27 kids.
“I didn’t know the specifics of it, however I all the time knew that it wasn’t honest,” Gunn defined.
Weasel’s haunting backstory unfolds in Episode 4 of Gunn’s animated DC sequence, titled Chasing Squirrels.
Written by Gunn, the episode dives into Weasel’s previous because the staff tackles a mission involving Princess Ilana Rostovic (voiced by Maria Bakalova).
Weasel’s story is advised by means of flashbacks, starting together with his look close to an elementary college throughout Thanksgiving break. Despite his light nature and playful interactions with the children, an previous man errors him for a menace and calls 911.
The tragedy spirals when the youngsters, together with Weasel, enter the varsity’s basement.
Innocent play escalates into chaos: a bottle of booze and a field of matches ignite a fireplace.
As the previous man fires at Weasel, a boiler explodes, killing the youngsters and the person, leaving one lady alive.
Weasel’s determined try to save lots of the lady is thwarted by arriving police, who assume he prompted the carnage. They incapacitate him as the varsity collapses, burying the lady alive.
Reflecting on the grim story, Gunn mentioned, “I believe I simply wrote the saddest factor that I’ve ever written in my whole life.”
His brother, Sean Gunn, who performs and voices Weasel, famous, “James himself has a darkness, and there’s a darkness to a variety of his work.”
