James Gunn: David Ayer’s Suicide Squad Had ‘Deep and Fearless’ Character Building

While David Ayer’s Suicide Squad was a critical bomb and is not seen favourably by many fans, James Gunn - director of the upcoming The Suicide Squad - belives that Ayer’s approach to characters has “added” to his version of the team. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/22/the-suicide-squad-behind-the-scenes-teaser-dc-fandome"] “Listen, David Ayer’s gotten trouble for the movie,” said Gunn while talking to Empire. “I know it didn’t come out how David wanted it to come out. But he did one really, really great thing, and that is he picked fantastic actors to work with, and he dealt with these actors in building their characters in a really deep and fearless way. It’s something David definitely deserves to be lauded for, and it’s definitely added to this movie.” The Suicide Squad features several returning cast and characters from David Ayer’s film, including Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn and Jai Courtney’s Captain Boomerang. But despite the returning characters, Gunn suggests that the connection between the two is hazy. “Um, it’s its own thing,” Gunn said. “It does not contradict the first movie, I don’t think. It might in some small ways… I don’t know…” [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-suicide-squad-whos-who-full-cast-and-character-reveals&captions=true"] Gunn’s words certainly suggest that he was more concerned with pulling the best elements of Ayer’s film - the cast - and forgetting/ignoring everything else. That’s something all but the most die-hard Suicide Squad fans will probably be on board for. For more The Suicide Squad, check out Gunn explaining how he was allowed to kill any character he wanted, our explainer for TDK and Peacemaker, and the first image of the whole Suicide Squad crew assembled. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

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