[Movie News] Warner Bros. ‘Suicide Squad’ Cast Revealed
Warner Bros. has officially revealed the cast for their upcoming Suicide Squad movie.
We already knew that Warner Bros. had a big wish list full of Hollywood names for the upcoming Suicide Squad movie and it looks like they’ve gotten everybody they wanted.
Here’s the official cast list:
- Jared Leto – The Joker
- Will Smith – Deadshot
- Tom Hardy – Rick Flag
- Margot Robbie – Harley Quinn
- Jai Courtney – Boomerang
- Cara Delevingne – Enchantress
I’m really excited to see how this all plays out, and it looks like they’re trying to land another big star for the role of Amanda Waller (hint: Oprah Winfrey).
My thoughts are all over the place after hearing this news.
How will Jared Leto approach the role of The Joker? We’ve seen crazy with Jack Nicholson and we’ve seen demented with Heath Ledger, Leto is an oscar winning actor in his own right so I’m certain we’ll be in for a treat. How exactly will David Ayer have The Joker become a team player?
Who’s not going to make it to the end of the movie alive, because that’s kind of the catch with working on the Suicide Squad.
How will Will Smith’s Deadlock mesh with the rest of this talent. Smith is known to have only wanted to play large leading roles and have passed on movies where he wasn’t the clear star (Django Unchained).
Is it too soon to see Tom Hardy in another DC comic villain role?
Will Margot Robbie crush it as Harley Quinn or will she absolutely crush it?
All of my questions will have to wait as I continue to speculate until August 5, 2016 when Suicide Squad hits the big screen.
“Suicide Squad,” directed by David Ayer and produced by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, will begin shooting next April in Toronto.
According to insiders, Jesse Eisenberg is also in talks to play Lex Luthor in the film, a role he will first play in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” though the status of his deal is unknown.
“The Warner Bros. roots are deep on this one,” Warner Bros. president Greg Silverman said in a statement. “We look forward to seeing this terrific ensemble, under David Ayer’s amazing guidance, give new meaning to what it means to be a villain and what it means to be a hero.”
Warners has long viewed this project as the “Ocean’s Eleven” of comicbook movies and has been looking to load up the roster with top tier talent.
Warners still has the role of Amanda Waller, the character who oversees the team (similar to Nick Fury in the Marvel universe), to cast before the film goes into production. The studio’s shortlist of actresses being eyed for the role includes Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Oprah Winfrey, whom sources say would be WB’s first choice for the part.
Smith can be seen next in Warner Bros.’ “Focus” which also stars Robbie. Both are reppped by CAA, with Robbie also repped by Management 360 and Aran Michael Management, and Smith repped by Overbrook Entertainment.
Hardy is currently filming “The Revenant” opposite Leonardo DiCaprio which bows next Christmas. He is repped by CAA.
The WME-repped Delevingne, an English model-turned-actress, can next be seen in Warner Bros.’ “Pan.”
Courtney appears in the upcoming “Terminator” reboot as well as Universal’s “Unbroken” and Lionsgate’s “Insurgent,” and is repped by UTA and Silver Lining Entertainment.
Source: Variety
