Margot RobbiemetJohn Cenabefore he met her — kind of.
The Suicide Squadcostars appeared on Wednesday’s episode ofJimmy Kimmel Live!alongside writer/directorJames Gunn, where Robbie, 31, recounted the hilarious story of why she slept in a room for two years with a life-size cardboard cut-out of Cena in the room.
“I watchedWWEwhen I was growing up. When I was a kid, I lovedThe Undertaker. And then obviously, when I was a teenager, I stopped watching,” she said. “But then, as a late teen, early 20s, I had a boyfriend who was obsessed with John Cena.”
“So much so that he dressed as John Cena for his 21st birthday and had acardboard cut-out of John Cena in his bedroom,” Robbie shared.
As a result, she “slept in a room for two years with a life-size cardboard cut-out of John Cena in the room.”
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“And sometimes I’d wake up in the middle of the night and [gasp] and then I thought, ‘Oh, it’s just John Cena, it’s okay,’ " continued the two-timeAcademy Awardnominee.
When they met to doThe Suicide Squad— in which Robbie reprisesher role as Harley Quinnand Cena, 44, makes his debut as Peacemaker — the actress wondered whether she should tell him about the cardboard cut-out story or if it would “be a weird way to start our working relationship and friendship.”
But she ended up sharing the tale “five seconds into meeting him,” adding playfully on the show, “Now I know there’s very little to weird out this guy.”
To level the playing field, guest hostAnthony Andersonbrought out a cardboard cut-out of Robbie as Harley, which Cena (who was dressed as his character) hilariously approached with an awkward, " ‘Sup?”
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Gunn, 54, will write all eight episodes of the upcoming action-adventure-comedy series and will also direct several of them,Deadlinereported.
While details of the plot have not been released, the streaming service said it will"explore the origins" of Peacemaker, a man who “believes in peace at any cost — no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.”
Gunn andThe Suicide Squadproducer Peter Safran will serve as executive producers on the series, alongside Cena as a co-executive producer.
The Suicide Squadlands in theaters and on HBO Max Aug. 6, whilePeacemakerthe series will debut in January on HBO Max.
source: people.com
