Creature Commandos showrunner Dean Lorey says creator James Gunn was moved by what is possibly the show's most heartbreaking episode.
“James was incredibly moved by the Weasel episode and his journey,” says Lorey. “That is sad and significant. “There's certainly a lot of action that people expect, but what's unexpected is the sweetness and the sadness,” Lorey tells SFX magazine in the new issue, which features Doctor Who's Christmas special 'Joy to the World' on the cover and hits newsstands on December 3.
In Creature Commandos, Weasel (voiced by Sean Gunn) is a Tasmanian devil-like creature (as in the Looney Tunes character) with a violent streak and a heart of gold. Without giving too much away, the episode that focuses on Weasel's backstory is easily the most heartbreaking of all, and will leave you crying in the same way that Rocket Raccoon's origin story in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 did. cry into your popcorn. Each character has their own truly tragic origins, and it's impossible not to root for these antiheroes, even when they do something that's particularly morally lacking.
“Each character has a very different point of view,” says Lorey. “Nina Mazursky is the heart of the program. She is incredibly sweet. Then there is Weasel, who is chaos, and Bride, who is almost the protagonist. He has enormous drive and determination. GI Robot finds his humanity as he progresses.”
The animated series, which marks the first entry in James Gunn and Peter Safran's revamped DCU, sees Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) tap Rick Flag Sr. (Frank Grillo) to lead an unconventional super team made up of monsters. The cast includes The voice cast includes Anya Chalotra as Circe, Zoe Chao as amphibian scientist Nina Mazursky; Indira Varma as the Bride, Alan Tudyk as Doctor Phosphorus, Sean Gunn as GI Robot and David Harbor as Eric Frankenstein.
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