Frank Grillo is one of the most popular action stars for audiences looking for a violent way to pass the time on free streaming sites, but he has also been making his presence felt in James Gunn’s DCU, voicing Rick Flagg Sr in Creature Commandos, and playing the character in live-action in both Peacemaker Season 2 and next month’s Superman. Recently, the actor revealed that he is having much more fun working with James Gunn than he did in the MCU. Grillo made his MCU debut as Crossbones in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and subsequently made small appearances in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War and as an alternate version of the character in Avengers: Endgame. However, overall Grillo believed that his character was worth so much more than he received. Speaking at FAN EXPO Dallas (via ScreenRant), where he appeared in support of the upcoming third season of Tulsa King, Grillo said:
“It was unfortunate because Crossbones isn’t onscreen that much, and this is years ago. People love that character, and Marvel seems to have reused every other character except Crossbones. Now he’s popping up in Spider-Man comics and Daredevil comics because he’s a great villain, so I was expecting to have a lot of fun with it. But unfortunately, he perished kind of quickly. But I love working with James Gunn. I did the voice for Creature Commandos, and then I’m in Peacemaker, which is coming up in August. And before that, it’s Superman with Rick Flag. So, it’s different; it’s more of an adventure than the Marvel stuff was.”

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Frank Grillo Returns to the DCU in ‘Superman’

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As Grillo noted, he will be making his live-action DCU debut as Rick Flagg Sr. in Superman. With his role having been teased in several trailer clips for the movie, the actor recently addressed the film, and David Corenswet’s portrayal of the titular superhero.
“With David there’s something very Christopher Reeve about him. He encompasses this aura. There’s something about this guy…I don’t know if I could articulate it, but I was like ‘oh, this guy is Superman.”
That is exactly what many fans want to hear – apart from fans of Henry Cavill’s version of the Man of Steel, of course – and with Superman looking to potentially break not only DC records but Warner Bros. Pictures’ opening weekend record, it seems that there will be plenty of people getting eyes on Superman when it arrives in cinemas on July 11. For Grillo, he will then make another appearance as Flagg Sr. in the highly anticipated second season of Peacemaker. Where his character goes from here is not yet known, but from his comments he certainly seems to have a much more permanent place in the DCU than he did in the MCU. Source: ScreenRant

Superman

Release Date

July 11, 2025

Director

James Gunn

Producers

Lars P. Winther, Peter Safran