Deadline reports German actor Flula Borg has joined the cast of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.
James Gunn is set to deliver a new take on the Suicide Squad that features returning favorites alongside a new cast of characters. Now, Pitch Perfect 2 star Flula Borg has signed on the play one of the newcomers to James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.
The identity of Flula Borg’s role is being kept under wraps, though the trade reports he will portray the love interest to one of the other Suicide Squad characters. In addition to his role in Pitch Perfect 2, Flula Borg’s credits include Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, Fox/Blue Sky’s Ferdinand, Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet and DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour.
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The first Suicide Squad followed a team of supervillains who were recruited by the government for a dangerous black ops mission in exchange for reduced sentences. The ensemble cast included Will Smith as Deadshot, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and Jared Leto as The Joker. James Gunn is expected to deliver on the fresh take on the supervillain team in his upcoming movie, with Idris Elba playing a new character, Jai Courtney reprising his role as Captain Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman playing Rick Flag again, David Dastmalchian starring as Polka-Dot Man, and Viola Davis returning as Amanda Waller. John Cena is reportedly in talks for an undisclosed role.
The Suicide Squad is one of many projects currently being developed by Warner Bros. and DC. These projects include The Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern Corps, Birds of Prey, Black Adam, Nightwing, Supergirl and New Gods.
The Suicide Squad will be released in theaters on August 6, 2021.
Source: Deadline
