The X-Squad spin-off episode The Messenger of Peace launched its season-final episode on HBO Max last week, with an IMDb rating of 9.3. John Senna (Zhao Xina) said on social media that this episode set a record for the highest single-day rating of the original episode of the streaming platform, 44% more than the first episode.
In addition, Zhao Xina also thanked Jason Momma and Ezra Miller for reasons mentioned below.
This article contains plenty of spoilers for the season-ending episode!!!
Earlier, director James Gunn had revealed that the last episode was the longest to shoot, taking 21 days to complete, and carefully prepared a big show for DC fans. Near the Armageddon part, the supporting actress Adebayo calls Amanda Waller, the commander behind the suicide squad, to ask for help, asking the other side to send the Justice League to help them deal with the aliens...
Supporting actress Adebayo (center) The audience began to think that director James Gunn was playing with DC's superheroes again, but did not expect that the Justice League composed of Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash and Aquaman at the end was really coming. But the fighting was over, and the Peacemaker complained that they were late.
The battle is over
Justice League is late
The Justice League's late arrival to the audience's eyes is that Jason Momma, who plays Aquaman in the DECU, and Ezra Miller, who plays The Flash, make cameo appearances in these two roles, and the two scenes are filmed separately, and Ezra Miller's scenes are even helped by Marvel staff. It turned out that Gunn was already preparing For Guardians of the Galaxy 3 at Marvel, and Ezra Miller only had a free time at this time.
Zhao Xina said in a recent interview with Fandom: "I will always be grateful (Momma and Miller) because they helped us a lot, and there are jokes in the lines." Whether it was their intention or not, they really helped us with this show and made more people pay attention to the new characters in the DC Universe (Peacemaker and others)"
The series doesn't end with a close-up of Superman and Wonder Woman, because it's not Henry Cavill and Gail Gadot who are playing them, but two unknown actors who also posted makeup photos on their social media, both wearing the costumes that Gadot and Henry wore. In addition, the crew originally filmed the long-range shot of steel bones, but it was eventually deleted.
Superman who appears at the end of Messengers of Peace
Wonder Woman who appears at the end of Messengers of Peace