Peacemaker Season 2 Casts a Surprising Batman Character
The DC hit will star Sol Rodríguez as Sasha Bordeaux and David Denman in a mystery role.
A few new faces are joining the dance party of Peacemaker Season 2. On Monday, a report from The Wrap confirmed that both Sol Rodríguez and David Denman have joined the cast of Peacemaker's sophomore season. Denman, whose work includes The Office, Mare of Easttown, and Power Rangers, has been cast in an unknown role. Rodríguez, whose work includes Star Trek: Picard, Grachi, and Party of Five, will play Sasha Bordeaux, who is known in the comics for being a member of Checkmate and a supporting character of Batman.
Rodríguez and Denman are the latest new faces to join Peacemaker's sophomore season, with Frank Grillo also confirmed to be reprising his role as Rick Flag, Sr. from the forthcoming Creature Commandos animated series. Gunn subsequently took to Instagram to confirm Rodríguez and Denman's castings.
Who Is DC's Sasha Bordeaux?
Created by Greg Rucka and Shawn Martinbrough in 2000's Detective Comics #751, Sasha Bordeaux is initially introduced as the reluctant bodyguard of Bruce Wayne. After discovering Bruce's secret identity as Batman, he becomes her apprentice and love interest, and is framed for the murder of Vesper Fairchild alongside Bruce during the Bruce Wayne: Fugitive arc. While in prison, she is saved from the brink of death by Checkmate, who take her under their wing and eventually make her the right hand to Maxwell Lord.
Sasha is then transformed into a cyborg amid Lord's misuse of the OMAC program, donning a prosthetic robot arm and an empty metal eye socket. She eventually becomes Checkmate's Black Queen and a love interest of Michael Holt / Mister Terrific (played by Edi Gathegi in the DC Universe), and later plays a role in "Final Crisis" and "JSA vs. Kobra." She most recently appeared in comic canon during DC Rebirth, as a government agent tied to an evil artificial intelligence. Season 2 of Peacemaker will mark Sasha's first appearance in any media outside of comics.
What Is Peacemaker Season 2 About?
Plot details are currently unknown about Peacemaker's sophomore season, which is currently filming and is set to debut on Max at a later date. John Cena will continue to lead the series as Christopher Smith / Peacemaker, with Freddie Stroma as Adrian Chase / Vigilante, Jennifer Holland as Emilia Harcourt, Steve Agee as John Economos, and Danielle Brooks as Leota Adebayo.
"Yes, we'll be shooting Superman & #Peacemaker simultaneously; yes, I've written all the episodes; but, no, in the interest of getting the show out there I won't be able to direct them all (only some)," Gunn previously confirmed on social media.
