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Suicide Squad: An update on the rat Jared Leto gave Margot Robbie as a gift on the set

February 25, 2016 by Robert Kojder

While experimenting with his hardcore method acting ways of capturing the essence of his characters, specifically The Joker’s insanity this time around, Jared Leto reportedly presented his co-star Margot Robbie (playing Mistah J’s equally batshit  crazy girlfriend Harley Quinn) with a rat, as a gift.

Well, since June that rat has been living with Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro (“The rat is living with us in Toronto and he, and his massive ballsack, provide the house with great cheer and joy!”, who has tweeted a new image of the little critter, now named Venustiano.

Venustiano the rat. pic.twitter.com/KL6VE2Pood

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) February 24, 2016

It feels good to be bad…Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren’t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself?

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Suicide Squad hits theaters on August 5th 2016 and sees David Ayer (Fury) directing a cast that includes Will Smith (Focus) as Deadshot, Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) as The Joker, Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) as Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney (Terminator Genisys) as Captain Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman (RoboCop) as Rick Flagg, Viola Davis (The Help) as Amanda Waller, Cara Delevingne (Paper Towns) as Enchantress, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Thor: The Dark World) as Killer Croc, Ray Olubowale (Resident Evil: Afterlife) as King Shark, Jay Hernandez (Hostel) as El Diablo, Adam Beach (Flags of Our Fathers) as Slipknot, Jim Parrack (Fury) as Johnny Frost, Ben Affleck (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) as Batman, newcomer Karen Fukuhara as Katana, and Common (Selma), Ike Barinholtz (The Mindy Project) and Scott Eastwood (The Longest Ride) in as-yet-unconfirmed roles.

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Originally published February 25, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.

Filed Under: Movies, News, Robert Kojder Tagged With: DC, DC Extended Universe, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Suicide Squad

About Robert Kojder

Robert Kojder is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association, Critics Choice Association, and Online Film Critics Society. He is also the Flickering Myth Reviews Editor.

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