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Suicide Squad director David Ayer says “F*ck Marvel”, then apologises

August 2, 2016 by Gary Collinson

During last night’s world premiere of Suicide Squad, David Ayer took to the stage to introduce the latest chapter of the DC Extended Universe, during which he echoed a fan’s thoughts on DC’s big superhero rivals by declaring “Fuck Marvel!”. Check out the video here…

Here’s video of David Ayer yelling “F*ck Marvel!” at the #SuicideSquadPremiere (via samirsamuraieme on Instagram) pic.twitter.com/8tFc1LJxvG

— Batman-News.com (@BatmanNewsCom) August 2, 2016

After coming in for a barrage of angry criticism in response to his comment, Ayer then took to social media to apologise for the remark, stating that he got caught up in the moment.

Sorry about getting caught up in the moment and saying f*ck Marvel. Someone said it. I echoed. Not cool. Respect for my brother filmmakers.

— David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) August 2, 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 Flag, 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, Common (Selma) as Monster T, Ike Barinholtz (The Mindy Project) as Captain Griggs and Scott Eastwood (The Longest Ride) as Lieutenant ‘GQ’ Edwards.

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Originally published August 2, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: David Ayer, DC, DC Extended Universe, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Suicide Squad

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket, suspense thriller Death Among the Pines, and horror franchise reboot Robert Returns. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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