"But when Jennifer Holland signed on to star in Peacemaker, she had a bit more in mind that simply fighting supervillains and saving the day. As the 37-year-old actress tells Esquire, "I wanted to do a lift like in Dirty Dancing." It's a late August afternoon in New York City, the day before the red carpet premiere for Peacemaker season 2. Holland is kicking it back at Esquire's midtown office bar, recalling the shoot for the dance number that serves as Peacemaker's popular opening titles."
"In an era of TV when title sequences are often reduced to abstract graphics, the DC superhero show opens with a bang: a two-minute dance number in which the cast stomps and shimmies to the glam rock bombast of Foxy Shazam's "Oh Lord." The comically stiff choreography of Peacemaker is a far cry from the ballroom salsa Patrick Swayze used to seduce Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing, but it still provided Holland a stage to get hoisted in the air like Baby."
Jennifer Holland wanted to perform a Dirty Dancing-style lift and achieved that during Peacemaker's opening dance sequence. The show features a two-minute title sequence set to Foxy Shazam's "Oh Lord," with the cast stomping and shimming in comically stiff choreography. Holland cites childhood inspiration from Flashdance, Footloose, and Dirty Dancing, recalling sentimental, joyful abandon despite adult themes. Peacemaker season 2 premiered August 21 on HBO Max and delivered strong performances from Holland and John Cena. The series, shaped by James Gunn, focuses on personal unfulfillment and the what-ifs of life while avoiding superhero multiverse fatigue.
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