After two decades in a pro wrestling ring, John Cena’s no stranger to uniform commitment. For years he entertained thousands wearing jean shorts, ball caps, throwback sports jerseys, Reebok Pump basketball shoes and occasionally a padlock chain around his sizable neck.
Still, it’s quite the surprising sight when the 44-year-old wrestler/actor hops on for a video chat interview clad in the shiny silver helmet, blue gloves and tight, dove-bedecked shirt of Peacemaker, his patriotic super jerk in “The Suicide Squad” (in theaters and on HBO Max Thursday night).
“I’ve locked myself in this hotel room because people chased me up here thinking I was some sort of performer on Hollywood Boulevard,” Cena deadpans before heading to an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in LA with “Squad” co-star Margot Robbie and writer/director James Gunn.
Whyis he wearing a Peacemaker outfit in public whenever he can, including Monday’s premiere? “We have a wonderfully beautiful, absurd movie that nobody is ready to see but everybody needs in their life,” Cena says of “Squad.”
