James Gunn takes on the heat as Peter Safran’s wife makes 5th DC cameo

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Although he has earned a reputation for almost always casting a handful of regular collaborators on virtually all of his projects, dating back well over a decade, James Gunn has come under increasing fire from DCU believers for eventually marrying one of them.

Having already responded to accusations of nepotism by kindly reminding the trolls that he’s only ever cast Jennifer Holland in one of his comic book adaptations — even if her appearance in The Suicide Squad then led straight into a large recurring section peacemaker – Peter Safran’s wife Natalia has quietly racked up even more cameo appearances in the franchise than his fellow co-CEO’s wife.

Of course, it doesn’t generate nearly the same level of noise because Gunn is the first port of call for haters, and we should also point out that Mrs. Safran was only ever limited to background cameos, while Holland played the same part across The Suicide Squad, peacemaker, Black Adamand her latest guest appearance, which you’ve probably heard all about.

It’s also no coincidence that Safran’s husband produced all the films he appeared in, with their unforgettable and crucial contributions to DCU numbering Aquaman‘s Rina, Mrs. Sivana in an alternate scene Shazam!, The Suicide Squad‘s kaleidoscope and Mrs. Goff enter peacemaker‘s third installment “Better Goff Dead” before last appearing as an integral driver with Kittens wrath of the gods.

Obviously the two can’t really be compared given their respective importance to mythology in general, but it’s definitely worth noting for the naysayers out there that numerically alone, Natalia Safran is more of a DCU regular than Jennifer Holland.