Taika Waititi, the director of Thor: Ragnarok, has commented on his role in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.
Taika Waititi isn’t just a top-notch director, he’s also a talented performer – case in point Korg in Thor: Ragnarok. Waititi will be putting his acting hat on again for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad but what can fans expect from his involvement?
Well, the director typically hasn’t given much away but he did discuss how he was approached for the role with Wired: “We’re mates and James said, ‘Come and do this thing. James is brilliant, and it’s just such a crazy big list of people. But I have no idea what any of them are doing.”
Last month, Gunn took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the various casting news and what had been leaked to the public: “Some characters will get out. Some already have (although some reported on, including from reputable sources, have been very wrong). But, in all honesty, I don’t know if we’ll officially release character info for a long long while to come.”
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As it happens, this isn’t Waititi’s first foray into the DC universe, as he also starred alongside Ryan Reynolds in 2011’s Green Lantern, portraying Hal Jordan’s friend Thomas Kalmaku.
The Suicide Squad is set for release on August 6th 2021 and features a cast that includes the returning Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang), Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flag) and Viola Davis (Amanda Waller) alongside new DCEU additions Idris Elba, Peter Capaldi, John Cena, Alice Braga, Nathan Fillion, Taika Waititi, Jennifer Holland, David Dastmalchian, Joaquín Cosío, Mayling Ng, Flula Borg, Juan Diego Botto, Storm Reid, Pete Davidson, Tinashe Kajese, Daniela Melchior, Julio Ruiz, Steve Agee, Michael Rooker and Sean Gunn.
