JENNIFER HOLLAND

Harcourt gets the job done and survives in Peacemaker

- Tara Bennett

In James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, ARGUS Agent Emilia Harcourt made quite the impression as Amanda Waller’s tough-as-nails aide. Still plenty enigmatic by the movie’s end, it’s only in the TV series Peacemaker, where Harcourt’s assigned to Project Butterfly, that the character opens up… well, kinda. While the character was prickly as ever, actress Jennifer Holland also got to flex her emotional muscles by giving Emilia a tiny bit of vulnerability when she wasn’t laying out scores of bad guys. Having survived the first season – and recently accepted Gunn’s proposal of marriage after several years as a couple – Holland’s got a lot to look forward to in the near future.

Coming into the series, did you think a lot about Harcourt’s origins?

I discussed it with James a little bit, the things that he might be interested in exploring in the future about who she is, and her past, and who is her father. She’s certainly very complex. Anyone who goes into this line of work immediately after high school has an interesting past and an interesting upbringing.

Let’s talk about the bar scenes between Peacemaker and Harcourt. How did you approach them?