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In the first episode of Peacemaker, there are two references to the alternative rock band 30 Seconds to Mars. Peacemaker (John Cena) first jokes that he was going to beat up Emilia Harcourt’s (Jennifer Holland) car for playing the band’s music as they climb the stairs of Harcourt’s apartment complex to her unit, with Harcourt taking offense to being associated with the band. Then, in the episode’s mid-credit scene, we return to the scene and the pair bickering over music further. Harcourt chides Smith for looping The Spin Doctors in with 30 Seconds to Mars, since the former are “so good”. Smith quickly adds, “Anybody’s better than 30 Seconds to Mars. The garage band I was in for two seconds was better than 30 Seconds to Mars.”
So why all the hate on 30 Seconds to Mars? Fans believe it’s because Jared Leto is a member of the band, as well as a member of the now retired DCEU. Leto played iconic Batman villain The Joker in David Ayer’s Suicide Squad and briefly reprised his role in a deleted scene from 2017’s The Justice League (which we later saw as part of the Snyder Cut of the film). Gunn directed the film’s follow up, The Suicide Squad, and while Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn returned for Gunn’s first DC movie, Leto was conspicuously absent. While the filmmaker claimed that he didn’t include The Joker in the reboot on account of him not having any useful skills for the their mission in The Suicide Squad, the ragging on Leto’s band may hint to some personal beef between Gunn and the actor.
