For most actors, wielding superpowers in a hit TV series is a childhood dream come true. 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 r

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