James Gunn says that he cut a Hitler joke from the latest episode of Peacemaker Season 2.
Peacemaker Season 2 premiered on HBO Max in August 2024. Created by Gunn, the DCU show sees John Cena reprise his role as Chris Smith/Peacemaker. The first seven episodes of Peacemaker Season 2 are now available to watch on the streaming service, while the finale is scheduled to arrive on October 9, 2025.
In Peacemaker Season 2, Chris and the 11th Street Kids travel to an alternate world that is ruled by Nazis. Chris was initially ignorant of this fact, as he initially thought this reality would make a nice place to live before learning the truth about it at the end of Episode 6.
What did James Gunn say about cutting a Hitler joke in Peacemaker Season 2?
Speaking on Peacemaker: The Official Podcast With James Gunn, per ComicBookMovie, Gunn said that he cut out a joke that involves a number of A.R.G.U.S. employees donning Hitler-like mustaches.
“They actually had a bunch of the guys shave Hitler mustaches, and they had to keep these on them for days while we were shooting,” Jennifer Holland, who plays Emilia Harcourt on the DC Studios and Warner Bros. Television show, said.
Gunn added, “Harcourt says to Peacemaker, ‘You don’t notice the copies of Mein Kampf on every desk?’ And then she points to these guys standing next to the copier and says, ‘What about all those stupid little mustaches?’ And there are all these guys with Hitler mustaches. The lame little mustaches looked too cartoony for me, so I cut it.”
While that joke didn’t make it into the final cut of Peacemaker Season 2, there are still plenty of other Hitler references scattered throughout Episode 7. Click here to read more about the episode.
Originally reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.
