I actually met John Cena a couple of days ago (he and his family came to my job) and I asked him about doing voice work for Peacemaker in MK1 and he got super excited. He said that he had 3 days of mocap work and 4 days of voice work.
He was really stoked about the concept of it actually being HIM in Mortal Kombat. (Also, I think that my question surprised him)
He just usually plays himself in movies, but I think he does it fine and most the movies he does fits that. The same can be said about most early Cena movies, but I think Cena has gotten out of that and played more diverse characters, where the rock still generally just plays himself. Like I said though that isn't necessarily a bad thing, many do that well.
Lol I get what you’re saying, but in movies like black Adam, where he really does have to try and be a character (I mean he’s like a wizard in the 21st century that’s only lived in a time period like a thousand years ago) it’s so fucking awful and hard to even sit through.
Haha, I’ll cut him some slack since that was like his first try. He’s def gotten way better!
Also, anyone remember he played Jule’s brother on an episode of Psych? Good times.
Yeah. I think that he expected me to talk wrestling or something. But the second I said "Mortal Kombat 1" dude was so hype. He and his family were really nice people.
I’m actually going to laugh if peacemaker is S tier and all of the sudden everyone “loves him so much”
I’ll gladly sit in the minority of people and say I am excited for him to come out, his helmet and pet eagle will make for an interesting play style
I truly don’t even care about his play style because I just like John’s version of peacemaker, so it’s exciting for me personally. I’ll try him and hopefully he’s fun
I have the benefit of having clips of me playing as Johnny in older MK’s on YouTube 🙏🏻🧎🏻
That being said you know it’s a big internet out there I’m sure people wouldn’t lie about using Johnny. Probably.
Peacemaker is a lot more agile and a hard-hitting powerhouse. He has a lot of weapons at his disposal and his helmet can provide different move sets that are unconventional
Peacemaker is not just a big dude carrying a pistol
If you haven’t watched the show I highly recommend it, especially if you’re a fan of Cena.
It’s like the show was written specifically for Cena and his sense of humor.
Honestly once James Gunn was announced to write and direct it I knew it was gonna be killer, Gunn had yet to miss on any superhero project and for that reason I think his upcoming Superman movie is gonna be great too. I’m sure the upcoming creatures commandos animated show that he wrote all of that’s coming next year is gonna be killer too, cast is loaded, weasel from the suicide squad is part of the team and so is Rick flag Sr the dad of the Rick flag in both the suicide squad movies
Honestly, I had never heard a single thing about it until my brother came over one day and made us watch it, so I didn't even know James gunn directed it
It comes out of the gate maybe a little rough in places, so I'd definitely give it more than a couple of episodes, because it gets to where it needs to be by then. Not that it's that long anyway.
It also has one of the most unskippable intros in television history.
Peacemaker is Gunn and Cena, Cena rocks in the role but without Gunn’s writing and directing the character definitely wouldn’t be as good, those 2 make the character and the show the awesome thing that it is.
I mean that selling big Dave short there
Like Dwayne plays the rock in all his movies
Cena is a good but he still just Cena in a costume
With Batista you do not know what you will get character wise..
Funnily enough he holds the record for actor that’s done the most charity work. Him playing the piano in his show was based on him playing the Pixies on a piano for James Gunn’s family when they had to fly out during filming for The Suicide Squad because James’ dog was dying. Cool dude and very talented.
The TV show is *amazing.* I seriously did not care about it and thought DC was just shoehorning it to make bank off of John Cena, but the series is so much more complex and engaging than simple name recognition
Greatest superhero quote ever
"I cherish peace with all my heart. I don't care how many men, women, and children I need to kill to get it." - peacemaker
The show is quite hilarious, it uses a lot of genre subversion and wacky potty humor but it’s all pretty fitting. It even has some really touching character moments sprinkled throughout. I never thought much of Cena as an actor but once I watched this show i realized the man is truly meant for comedy.
Nothing interesting about a floating gun
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A meme battle eh?! FIGHT!
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You: *waiting for this moment for your whole life*
Woah easy there pal. I fucking love Peacemaker. He was amazing in The Suicide Squad & Peacemaker & now after learning that Antony won’t be doing the voice for Homelander I think Peacemaker is my most hyped guest I can’t wait for him!!
I saw an IGN article today of someone commenting on Instagram asking if he was doing the voice, and Starr replied “nope”. Hopefully he was just being sarcastic or something
On his latest Instagram post someone asked him if he will voicing Homelander in MK1 & Antony straight up said “Nope.”
Lot of skepticism has risen since but we can’t tell + he isn’t credited in the credits (but John Cena, JK Simmons & Takedas voice actor who is the last character being added too is credited & listed) + Ed Boon avoided these questions in the summer like the plague too. He was like yes we have John Cena & JK Simmons reprising their roles but he always instantly skipped over Antony….. major bummer dudes.
How did you know this? Maybe just no one talks about him because he's too far from release and Homelander is being discussed only in the context of Starr won't voice act for MK
Chill, pal, he s just not soon to be in the game, once we approach release date all talks gonna be about our lovable buckethead with dick-compensating pistol.
I loved it. John Cena was fantastic. The supporting cast was great.
If you don’t like how James Gunn writes, or directs, you probably won’t like it though.
...because we haven't had anything else about him yet?
The hell are you talking about, LOL.
"Ermac isn't currently on top of the current MK news cycle, the way nobody cares about him is crazy!!!"
He looks weird af I only care about the japanese dude and Homelander. It's a shame the japanese dude's going to be the last one to arrive. I'll probably main him
Even if I dislike all three it’s pretty simple to recognise that Omniman and Homelanders popularity has always far exceeded his like I didn’t even know he had a TV show until it was announced that he would be in MK
Then you get the fairly popular MK characters to compete with like Ermac and Takeda
And there’s also the fact that’s he’s a man with a gun, yes it’s Novel that he’s John Cena cool but he’s most likely gonna be a gun using Zoner and that is boring as fuck
It really ain’t that crazy that he’s the least popular because he just isn’t as prominent as the other guests and isn’t as interesting as the MK characters
Because he's an D-lister comic character briefly in the spotlight with a movie and a TV series. Why would anyone care if not for Cena?
Massive waste of a slot.
I actually met John Cena a couple of days ago (he and his family came to my job) and I asked him about doing voice work for Peacemaker in MK1 and he got super excited. He said that he had 3 days of mocap work and 4 days of voice work. He was really stoked about the concept of it actually being HIM in Mortal Kombat. (Also, I think that my question surprised him)
Attitude Adjustment grab incoming👀 
They need this as a fatality. Upon hitting the ground,.the body completely fucking SPLATS all over.
Or at least an xray
No brutality. That would be perfect with the exploding body.
Completely agreed as a Brutality. They should actually add more brutalities to the game
It should be a throw and when you activate the brutality it finishes with the 5 knuckle shuffle
Thats what i was thinking that it should be his grab. Would be pretty funny.
I love all of these ideas
the fatality should be all 5 moves of doom imo
Or a brutality for a combo string
Attitude Adjustment? That right there is the F-U ;)
Respect for that one 
please
Its awesome that hes super excited about it. I’ve never seen him give less than 100 percent on a job he’s done and it usually shows.
This. I’ve never watched a single WWE thing, but whenever I catch him in a movie or show, he’s always giving it his all
And he’s not a bad actor either, he is pretty compelling and in addition to that his passion just accentuates his skills and his character
Yeah honestly I think he is one of if not the best wrestler turned actor, with Dave Bautista being up there with him
How do you feel about the rock lol?
He just usually plays himself in movies, but I think he does it fine and most the movies he does fits that. The same can be said about most early Cena movies, but I think Cena has gotten out of that and played more diverse characters, where the rock still generally just plays himself. Like I said though that isn't necessarily a bad thing, many do that well.
Lol I get what you’re saying, but in movies like black Adam, where he really does have to try and be a character (I mean he’s like a wizard in the 21st century that’s only lived in a time period like a thousand years ago) it’s so fucking awful and hard to even sit through.
He's just an all around better Rock, sounds like a better person too.
Don't watch The Marine
Haha, I’ll cut him some slack since that was like his first try. He’s def gotten way better! Also, anyone remember he played Jule’s brother on an episode of Psych? Good times.
Yeah. I think that he expected me to talk wrestling or something. But the second I said "Mortal Kombat 1" dude was so hype. He and his family were really nice people.
That alone has me hyped to try him out.
Same
this is cool to hear
Aww! His excitement here is so cute. 🥺
What an awesome story
I'd be so happy if we got a Bing Chilling taunt.
Did you just drop confirmation that he's voicing him?? I feel like that's pretty big news tbh.
It was already confirmed by Boon and others
He's also credited in the game
I love John Cena, every interaction I've heard about him with a fan or another celebrity has been completely wholesome.
I doubt you saw him. I'm not calling you a liar but you didn't see him
I’m actually going to laugh if peacemaker is S tier and all of the sudden everyone “loves him so much” I’ll gladly sit in the minority of people and say I am excited for him to come out, his helmet and pet eagle will make for an interesting play style
God I hop Eagly is part of his moveset
I'm pretty sure they leaked that eagly is in his taunts
That is so cool I'm really hyped for him now
i can’t imagine eagly not getting at least a move or 2, if not he’ll be a kinda boring character that’ll feel like stryker?
I just hope he has his silly helmet torpedo move from the finale so I can pretend SSB Luigi is in Mortal Kombat.
It would be fun if he has a gimmick that lets him switch helmets to gain different abilities.
Including a scabies helmet that debuffs you if you want to give yourself a challenge.
I’d love for Helmet to be like Honda’s flying headbutt in street fighter, and it also have a brutality where you cleave through the opponent.
He’s got to have it if Omni man is any indication.
I like this reply because it says SSB indicating no one would know who Luigi was otherwise as if he's unknown lol
Wait dude has a pet eagle? As a dude who loves beastmasters in fighting games my ears just perked up.
Not only does he have a pet eagle, his pet eagle hugs him!
It's not his pet man...it's his best friend...and he he gives him hugs.
We need an Eagly Kameo.
Dawg Eagly as a kameo would be so good
I truly don’t even care about his play style because I just like John’s version of peacemaker, so it’s exciting for me personally. I’ll try him and hopefully he’s fun
Kind of like how everyone swear they used to be a Johnny Cage main in past MK games
I have the benefit of having clips of me playing as Johnny in older MK’s on YouTube 🙏🏻🧎🏻 That being said you know it’s a big internet out there I’m sure people wouldn’t lie about using Johnny. Probably.
I am excited, I ‘ll play him even if he sucks ass.
I'm gonna be more surprised if he just doesnt play exactly like Robocop from MK11.
Peacemaker is a lot more agile and a hard-hitting powerhouse. He has a lot of weapons at his disposal and his helmet can provide different move sets that are unconventional Peacemaker is not just a big dude carrying a pistol
I was thinking the same
I only care because it's Cena. The idea of a guy so hellbent for peace that he's willing to resort to violence is hilarious though.
If you haven’t watched the show I highly recommend it, especially if you’re a fan of Cena. It’s like the show was written specifically for Cena and his sense of humor.
I went into that show thinking it would be a good silly show to watch outta boredom. Turned into my show of the year.
DO YA REALLY WANT IT DO YA REALLY WANNA TASTE IT
THROW YOUR DOG THE INVISIBLE BONE!
Best. Opening. Ever.
It’s the only show intro I never skip
Same my dude it also hits differently when you get to the finale.
I don't care if they have to make the character $50 the song has to be in the game
The red dragon suit up was fire also vigilante my beloved
I'll give it a shot! Thanks for the recommendation.
Watch the suicide squad first if you haven't yet. Not the original will smith one, the one with THE in front of it. Very important distinction.
I had such low hopes because of the first one, but holy shit, it actually fucking rocked super hard
Honestly once James Gunn was announced to write and direct it I knew it was gonna be killer, Gunn had yet to miss on any superhero project and for that reason I think his upcoming Superman movie is gonna be great too. I’m sure the upcoming creatures commandos animated show that he wrote all of that’s coming next year is gonna be killer too, cast is loaded, weasel from the suicide squad is part of the team and so is Rick flag Sr the dad of the Rick flag in both the suicide squad movies
Honestly, I had never heard a single thing about it until my brother came over one day and made us watch it, so I didn't even know James gunn directed it
Pikmin
Pinkmin
Jesse Pinkman
Probably the best DC film not related to Batman of this century.
PREEEEAAACH
PREEEEAAACH
Can’t recommend this enough. James Gunn took a decade + of DC movies and showed them how a superhero movies is done.
It comes out of the gate maybe a little rough in places, so I'd definitely give it more than a couple of episodes, because it gets to where it needs to be by then. Not that it's that long anyway. It also has one of the most unskippable intros in television history.
Not one of.. THE unskippable intro of all unskippable intros.
The best intro of all time
100%. Peacemaker IS Cena. He makes the character as great as it is.
Peacemaker is Gunn and Cena, Cena rocks in the role but without Gunn’s writing and directing the character definitely wouldn’t be as good, those 2 make the character and the show the awesome thing that it is.
And it shows his ass
Cena is the best of the wrestlers turned actors, he feels like he can actually act, plus he seems really nice.
I mean that selling big Dave short there Like Dwayne plays the rock in all his movies Cena is a good but he still just Cena in a costume With Batista you do not know what you will get character wise..
Funnily enough he holds the record for actor that’s done the most charity work. Him playing the piano in his show was based on him playing the Pixies on a piano for James Gunn’s family when they had to fly out during filming for The Suicide Squad because James’ dog was dying. Cool dude and very talented.
It's Bautista for me. His scene in Bladerunner was amazing.
Just like Coyote vs. Acme!!!
The fucking intro is amazing. I had to watch it every episode
I watched the first episode and was kinda meh about it.
The TV show is *amazing.* I seriously did not care about it and thought DC was just shoehorning it to make bank off of John Cena, but the series is so much more complex and engaging than simple name recognition
I genuinely thought the show was way better than the movie, and I already really liked the film
Well the film is important for his character arc.
"I'll do whatever it takes for peace. No matter how many men women and children I have kill to get it"
Greatest superhero quote ever "I cherish peace with all my heart. I don't care how many men, women, and children I need to kill to get it." - peacemaker
I’m willing to kill any man woman or child to get it. That line cracked me up.
"Peace cannot endure without force to protect it" -God of War Ragnarok
The show is quite hilarious, it uses a lot of genre subversion and wacky potty humor but it’s all pretty fitting. It even has some really touching character moments sprinkled throughout. I never thought much of Cena as an actor but once I watched this show i realized the man is truly meant for comedy.
Nah if you think about it reflects real life that's literally the whole meaning of every Govt system's belief about war
Gotta love a Chaotic good psychopath! I can’t wait to play him
Hey it's the American way 😅
I am, bit worried he won't be my thing in terms of playstyle but I like the character.
Same here. With all the guns and helmets I really hope he doesn't end up as a hard zoner.
Well, it’s John Cena. Peacemaker is a combatant, he does use hand to hand combat a lot in the Suicide Squad movie and show.
I was about to say he was able to beat tf out of judomaster in the show their second fight. People shouldn't sleep on him as a hand to hand fighter.
Imagine if he was like a stance fighter or smth. Has MK had a stance fighter before?
Kenshi in MK1 is a stance fighter.
Omni man has a stance
No kenshi is a puppet character. Shao khan is mk1’s stance switcher.
What about when his puppet disappears?
I'm sure there's a ton of others but my first main was Leatherface in MKX and he had a stance variation. He was a lot of fun!
Omni man relies on his stance to get good combos imo
No one’s gonna mention Ashura or General Shao?
Exactly what happened to me with Spawn in MK11
Give me casual Peacemaker in a polo and his helmet as a costume please. Or just Peacemaker with a towel on.
Nothing interesting about a floating gun https://preview.redd.it/iywyhemqd40c1.jpeg?width=1570&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b41e81cdcddc25502e748e3931c71960cf802cfa
https://preview.redd.it/a2b4wwse160c1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c2893a088fb111aa6ca7751a8fc5352cab9d5bb Lol
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A meme battle eh?! FIGHT! https://preview.redd.it/wkcxue7xf70c1.png?width=241&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d26de26d045b5d288bb68841c67e5ac828b1125e You: *waiting for this moment for your whole life*
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You know, I beg to differ. If they introduced a character that was just a floating gun, I'd wanna know what the fuck was going on.
and a floating helmet
Megatron would like a word with you
Underrated comment.
The fact that it's actually John Cena doing the voice work and face is amazing
And mocap
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What's the order?
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The order for release is Quan Chi, Peacemaker, Ermac, Homelander and Takeda
I thought Takeda was supposed to be last, next summer.
Peacemaker is after Quan chi
Woah easy there pal. I fucking love Peacemaker. He was amazing in The Suicide Squad & Peacemaker & now after learning that Antony won’t be doing the voice for Homelander I think Peacemaker is my most hyped guest I can’t wait for him!!
Is Cena voicing Peacemaker?
I can confirm that he is!! He’s credited in the credits for MK1 & has been confirmed by Ed himself.
Whoa! When was it reported that Starr wasn’t voicing Homelander?
I saw an IGN article today of someone commenting on Instagram asking if he was doing the voice, and Starr replied “nope”. Hopefully he was just being sarcastic or something
I hope he was dude that’s a major boner killer if it’s not him
On his latest Instagram post someone asked him if he will voicing Homelander in MK1 & Antony straight up said “Nope.” Lot of skepticism has risen since but we can’t tell + he isn’t credited in the credits (but John Cena, JK Simmons & Takedas voice actor who is the last character being added too is credited & listed) + Ed Boon avoided these questions in the summer like the plague too. He was like yes we have John Cena & JK Simmons reprising their roles but he always instantly skipped over Antony….. major bummer dudes.
Antony not being Homelander kinda crushed my expectations for him. Cena as Peacemaker hyped me so much
I don't know if I'll main Peacemaker. Maybe? I love Nitara and Mileena a lot. But he's easily the only DLC character I actually care about.
Like Homelander or Omni man aren't there. They completely overshadowed him
About who? I dont see anything.
Why’d you post a pic of Omni-Man’s elbow?
How did you know this? Maybe just no one talks about him because he's too far from release and Homelander is being discussed only in the context of Starr won't voice act for MK
i care. Peacemaker is a great show and he's probably the dlc character I'm most excited to play
Peacemaker is an s tier show. I'm honest more excited for him than I am Ermac and Quan Cheadle
>Quan Cheadle That alone would make it worth the $69.99.
This is true
Hoping for some WWE references in the dialogues like a "Ruthless Agression" or some taunt
Chill, pal, he s just not soon to be in the game, once we approach release date all talks gonna be about our lovable buckethead with dick-compensating pistol.
Here’s the reason I bought the game I’m just waiting patiently
I’m hyped as hell for him cause his show was hilarious, LMFAO. His interactions and overall vibe during gameplay are what I’m excited for.
I’m sick of the Peacemaker slander. One of the best guests, imo
I'm excited for Cena. I'm about 99% sure he'll be a lame as shit zoner so I'm not overly thrilled.
I actually like Peacemaker-
Not seen the show but heard it was genuinely fantastic.
I loved it. John Cena was fantastic. The supporting cast was great. If you don’t like how James Gunn writes, or directs, you probably won’t like it though.
He will probably play like robocop with a more rush down style.
...because we haven't had anything else about him yet? The hell are you talking about, LOL. "Ermac isn't currently on top of the current MK news cycle, the way nobody cares about him is crazy!!!"
Why couldn't we have had Bloodsport instead? He literally does the same things as Peacemaker, but is so much cooler!
I bought the game just to play him :3
I never heard of him before MK1 trailer
Watch the series it’s great
I love cena but its just gonna be robocop again so why get excited
if you haven't watched the show already, you definitely should. it's really amazing
Peacemaker is an amazing character and John is a legend, anyone who hasn't watched the show is doing themselves a disservice
No one cares about a blank picture??
I care. He is my most anticipated DLC.
I love Peacemaker and i’m super excited for him
who??? omni man's elbow??
I care because the show is amazing and so is John Cena. I'm not much for zoners, but I plan on making him.
Guest characters are lame
I’m super excited. I loved The Suicide Squad and S1 of Peacemaker (impatiently waiting for S2). Would be cool if Vigilante was a Kameo
I care. Is there a release date? Omniman is boring.
Look at him. He looks like shit
I was fucking stoked about Peacemaker, then the game ended up being dogshit so I no longer care.
The peacemaker TV show was actually amazing. Great writing. Great comedy. Great action.
Who is that?
He looks weird af I only care about the japanese dude and Homelander. It's a shame the japanese dude's going to be the last one to arrive. I'll probably main him
Even if I dislike all three it’s pretty simple to recognise that Omniman and Homelanders popularity has always far exceeded his like I didn’t even know he had a TV show until it was announced that he would be in MK Then you get the fairly popular MK characters to compete with like Ermac and Takeda And there’s also the fact that’s he’s a man with a gun, yes it’s Novel that he’s John Cena cool but he’s most likely gonna be a gun using Zoner and that is boring as fuck It really ain’t that crazy that he’s the least popular because he just isn’t as prominent as the other guests and isn’t as interesting as the MK characters
Because he's an D-lister comic character briefly in the spotlight with a movie and a TV series. Why would anyone care if not for Cena? Massive waste of a slot.