Originally published February 3, 2015. Updated July 3, 2023.
The movie is set to start shooting in April, and it looks like one of the cast members is rather excited to get going on Suicide Squad.
“[I’m] pretty effin excited,” Margot Robbie, who will be playing Harley Quinn, told Collider while promoting her new movie Z for Zachariah. “It’s going to be epic.”
Suicide Squad is still currently a cast member down since Tom Hardy left the project due to scheduling conflicts and promotional tours of Mad Max: Fury Road. Jake Gyllenhaal had been approached, but has since turned the project down.
SEE ALSO – Margot Robbie talks playing Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad is set for release on August 5th 2016 and will be directed by David Ayer (Fury) with a cast that also includes Will Smith (Hancock) as Deadshot, Jai Courtney (Terminator: Genisys) as Captain Boomerang, Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) as The Joker and Viola Davis (How to get Away with Murder) as Amanda Waller. Jesse Eisenberg (The Double) is expected to reprise his role as Lex Luthor. You can hear the thoughts on the Flickering Myth Podcast on the cast of Suicide Squad using the player below:
