Stephen Amell thinks John Cena’s joke about Arrow was unnecessary and unappreciated.
In an episode of the first season of Peacemaker, John Cena’s character took an unprovoked jab at Amell’s Green Arrow character.
The former WWE Champion claimed that the character Oliver Queen “Goes to Brony conventions dressed as the back half of Twilight Sparkle, with a four-inch butthole drilled in the costume”.
This clearly annoyed Stephen Amell, who spoke about the insult on Insight with Chris Van Vliet. The Arrow star called the joke “unnecessary”.
Amell explained how poorly his show was treated, and how hard it was to play the character. He asked them not to “shit on our show”, which seems like a fair request.
“That was a little unnecessary. I didn’t f*cking appreciate that at all. I’m just going to come right out and say this. Between the movies and Peacemaker a bit, our show was kind of treated like shit. I get it. We’re on The CW. I get it, it’s TV. But I also get the fact that when people think about the most recent iteration of DC, they don’t think about the Snyder Cut – they think about the Arrowverse. We got crapped on for years, and years, and years, and this just seemed excessive.
“I’m not actually mad. But I just remember hearing that and just being like, ‘Fuck those guys,’ like seriously. I’m up here. I’m working just as hard as anyone else. Do you know how hard it is to play a superhero with no superpowers for 23 episodes a year? It’s really, really, really hard, and I’m not looking for a prize, but, like, maybe don’t shit on our show.”
Amell went on to say that he didn’t blame John Cena for the joke, calling him nice and genuine.
