Originally published February 24, 2015. Updated November 13, 2019.
Since the cast was announced for David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, it was presumed by everyone (based on the current movie business landscape) that Margot Robbie would be signed to a multi-picture deal to play Harley Quinn.
“Yeah, that’s daunting”, she said to AZ Central about playing the same role for the foresable future. “You don’t need to have commitment issues to be frightened by the fact that you might have just signed 10 years of your life away”.
This isn’t an uncommon response. Chris Evans said the same thing when he signed up for Captain America back in 2010, saying the decision to sign a multi-picture deal could backfire on him (it clearly hasn’t).
“With [Harley Quinn], it’s a character I don’t think would ever get boring. Ever,” Robbie added. “So if they did Suicide Squad one, two and three I would be over the moon about it”.”
Let’s get the first film out of the way first, eh Margot?
Suicide Squad is being directed by David Ayer (Fury) and is set for release on August 5th 2016. with a cast that includes Joel Kinnaman (RoboCop) as Rick Flagg, Will Smith (Hancock) as Deadshot, Jai Courtney (Terminator: Genisys) as Captain Boomerang, Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) as Harley Quinn, Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) as The Joker and Viola Davis (How to get Away with Murder) as Amanda Waller. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice star Jesse Eisenberg is also expected to reprise the role of Lex Luthor and Jay Hernandez (Hostel) has joined the cast in an unknown role.
