Writer-and-director James Gunn is well known for interacting with fans on social media. The Guardians of the Galaxy director often shares behind-the-scenes insights with his followers. In his latest interactions Gunn has shared a number of characters originally considered for use in The Suicide Squad.
“When I first considered taking the job of writing #TheSuicideSquad I kept a file folder of characters I was considering. Here are just a few (of many) that didn’t make the cut (for now!),” said Gunn in his first tweet. The caption went along with images of Livewire, Punch & Jewlee, Black Spider, and Deathstroke.
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1411386518103461893“Every character in #TheSuicideSquad was chosen for a purpose, great or small, and although I love many of these other characters, they didn’t serve the story quite as well,” Gunn continued alongside images of Man-Bat, Plastique, Chemo, and KGBeast.
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1411386522704637954“I am of course open to using them in the future. And there are many more wonderful @DCComics characters where these came from. See #TheSuicideSquad in theaters next month!” Gunn said before showing Solomon Grundy, The Rainbow Creature, Gunhawk & Gunbunny, and Knockout.
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1411386527704223744Before signing off, Gunn also replied to a number of fans suggesting other potential villains. Killer Frost, Mr. Freeze, Black Manta were also considered but discounted as their power set would not be useful in the battle with Starro.
Due for release in the UK on July 30, 2021 The Suicide Squad is written and directed by James Gunn. The film stars Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, David Dastmalchian, John Cena, Joaquin Cosio, Nathan Fillion, Mayling Ng, Flula Borg, Sean Gunn, Juan Diego Botto, Storm Reid, Pete Davidson, Taika Waititi,, Alice Braga, Steve Agee, Tinashe Kajese, Daniela Melchoir, Peter Capaldi, Julio Ruiz, Jennifer Holland, Idris Elba and Michael Rooker.
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