John Cena talks replacing Dave Bautista, iconic David Corenswet selfie

John Cena sat down for an interview where he opened up about his role as DCU’s Peacemaker, and that viral David Corenswet selfie.

On the future of the franchise and what will happen with their respective characters, he told GQ, "Well, I won't bury the lead, you're talking to the wrong guy because, man, I could write my own story of where I think it's going and all that does is set up expectations that might not be met. And that's just not something that I do in life. I can tell you the story behind David and I, and that photo where I'm dressed as Peacemaker, is I knew that they were finishing up filming Superman and I desperately wanted to meet David."

The former wrestler continued, "I wanted to meet the new Superman and just lend my services, like, 'Hey, man, your life is about to change and I've heard that you've been doing an incredible job. I want to thank you because if you suck, that means DC sucks, which means we got a bigger hole to dig out of. So thank you so much for giving this your all. As someone who has been far more exposed to the media than I have formal acting training, if I can help you in any way, please, here's my number, let me know.'"

"And David couldn't have been nicer. He's an absolute class act, and James couldn't have made a better choice. I'm so glad everything went well [with Superman], because he had earned that. I don't use the word 'deserve.' He has absolutely earned whatever success and future opportunities he's been given. I really wanted to meet Superman and offer my help and services in any way,” Cena concluded.

On replacing Dave Bautisa as James Gunn’s first choice to play Peacemaker, the actor remarked, "Well, I mean, first of all, I could care less about being anybody's first, second, third or fourth pick. Opportunity in life comes to you in a myriad of different ways, and if I wanted to be salty about like, 'Oh, I wasn't first pick, that's beneath me.' I wouldn't have ever gotten a chance. And keep in mind I got killed off in The Suicide Squad."

He added, "I mean, in filming that movie with James, we developed a friendship and I think I checked a lot of boxes of people he likes to work with professionally. And on top of that, we developed a relationship personally and we do stay in a lot of the same lanes. I think he saw nuance in the performance he was able to bring out of me. There's more to this guy. And as a storyteller and as someone who puts words on paper and wants to bring those words to life and be prolific and have depth, I think this guy can help me out and I'd like to try to work with him again. So that's why I ended up in the hospital instead of the morgue."

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