David Ayer has revealed a new photo of Jared Leto as the Joker in a deleted scene from Suicide Squad.
Originally, Suicide Squad was going to place a larger emphasis on the abusive relationship between the Joker (Jared Leto) and Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie). In an earlier cut of the film, Leto’s tattooed take on the Clown Prince of Crime was going to fall in line with the Enchantress’ plans and run off with Harley, making the Suicide Squad easier to deal with. However, Harley realizes that Joker is just using her, and she decides to stick with the team to carve her own path. Instead, he infamously got the short end of the stick, and many of his scenes were taken out of the finished film, including his entire subplot that would have given both his villain and the one of the lead characters more depth.
Ayer reveals that Leto’s Joker was going to hold Harley Quinn at gunpoint in what appears to be a scene set after the helicopter crash, where Batman’s archnemesis is presumed dead (yes, really) until the final scene of the film in the theatrical version. He clearly did not take Harley Quinn’s desire for emancipation from him very well. Ayer lamented that these scenes were not included in his finished film and shared the new image below:
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It can be presumed that the scene of Harley getting rescued at the end was a reshoot when they decided to nix this plot point altogether. In any case, Birds of Prey looks like it will take this planned story route and run with it, even without the Joker having a major part onscreen, while The Suicide Squad will continue showing that Harley Quinn doesn’t need the Joker.
Ayer’s 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 sequel will see the return of four cast members from that film: Robbie as Harley Quinn, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, and Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag.
James Gunn is expected to deliver on the fresh take on the supervillain team in his upcoming movie The Suicide Squad, with Idris Elba playing a new character on the team, David Dastmalchian starring as Polka-Dot Man, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher, and Steve Agee voicing King Shark. Other cast members confirmed for the ensemble picture include John Cena, Storm Reid, Flula Borg, Nathan Fillion, Taika Waititi, Peter Capaldi, Michael Rooker, Sean Gunn, Mayling Ng, Jennifer Holland, Pete Davidson, Juan Diego Botto, Alice Braga, Tinashe Kajese, Julio Ruiz, and Joaquín Cosío.
The Suicide Squad will be released in theaters on August 6, 2021. Stay tuned to us for the latest news regarding Jared Leto and The Joker.
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