Will Smith reveals how David Ayer convinced him to do 'Suicide Squad'
David Ayer has put together a solid ensemble cast for Suicide Squad, lead by Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, and Will Smith as the Joker, Harley Quinn, and Deadshot.
Smith recalls this particular role falling right into his lap, and is full of praise for the director, who has been described as anything from a genius to a psycho by his cast.
“I wasn’t really looking for this one. David Ayer called and this was one of those gifts that fell out of the sky. He came and he didn’t even have the screenplay, he pitched it [and] left me with the source material. He said, ‘I wanna make a serious, badass version of all of these characters. It’s not the cute, pretty, silly version of this, I wanna do the down and dirty, rough, rugged, and raw.’ So that in the DC world, that flavor, I was inspired by that.”
He went on to praise his director: “What’s really special about David and special about Suicide Squad is yes we’re in a hyper-reality, but David Ayer is a full-on 100% actor’s director. So he takes characters and he creates this world, but he only cares about what’s real and authentic between the characters.
"Looking at Harley and the relationship with The Joker, it’s not a comic book relationship; he’s getting the real depth of the psychology of the relationship and creating these insane interactions. For me with Deadshot, just really getting into how somebody could kill somebody and then go Christmas shopping with their daughter, having to get into that mindset in this spectacular hyper-real world.
"I think people are gonna be surprised at the look and the feel of Suicide Squad.”
Source: Collider
