'Harley Quinn' Co-Creator Paul Dini Weighs In On The Character's Look In SUICIDE SQUAD

'Harley Quinn' Co-Creator Paul Dini Weighs In On The Character's Look In SUICIDE SQUAD

Harley Quinn made her memorable debut in Batman: The Animated Series 23 years ago this month. Her co-creator Paul Dini recently weighed in on Margot Robbie's take on the character in David Ayer's Suicide Squad. See what he thought after the jump!

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By Minty - Sep 08, 2015 06:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Suicide Squad
Source: Shanlian On Batman

It's been 23 years since Batman: The Animated Series writers Bruce Timm & Paul Dini created 'Harley Quinn', and she's since gone on to acheive huge mainstream popularity and feature across a wide range of different formats - culminating in her live-action debut in next year's Suicide Squad, when she'll be portrayed by Margot Robbie. Though while Harley's impish and mischievous personality has always endured, her appearance and costumes have evolved over the years.

Talking to the Shanlian On Batman podcast (h/t to Forbes), Dini weighed in on Harley and The Joker's look in David Ayer's film. He described Jared Leto's Clown Prince Of Crime as a "decadent rockstar", before adding, "there's a little bit of a 'Sid and Nancy' feel to the Joker and Harley look, which I always felt would not be a bad look if they were in a live-action movie."

Despite this, Dini's aware a small minority of Batman: TAS fans may take a while to get used to the 'New 52' look. "I know it’s jarring to a lot of the people who love the classic Bruce Timm suit, I love it myself," he claimed, "But in that world [of the Suicide Squad movie], I just don’t see it happening. It’s a rougher, more street look. I think it works fine." Additionally, he called Robbie "a very wonderful actress" and revealed he was "very excited to see that interpretation of Harley."

You can head over to the Shanlian On Batman podcast to hear Dini's comments in full. In the meantime, what do you think of Harley's live-action look? Sound off below!

Suicide Squad will hit theatres 5 August, 2016.
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EricBorder
EricBorder - 9/8/2015, 6:30 AM
Damn that blows

missed by one, I even made a banner, haha

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/suicide_squad/news/?a=124859
Minty
Minty - 9/8/2015, 6:33 AM
@EricBorder - Yeah sorry bout that man, just beat you there. It's a shame deleting well written pieces, as you clearly put the effort in.
EricBorder
EricBorder - 9/8/2015, 6:33 AM
I saw Sid and Nancy in Joker and Harley from the start, really excited for Suicide Squad the look has really grown on me. I feel like Margot Robbie is perfect for Harley too, can't wait
EricBorder
EricBorder - 9/8/2015, 6:35 AM
@Minty

Thanks man, I appreciate it. The Terrance Howard gif doesn't give me much hope though :p
Pasto
Pasto - 9/8/2015, 6:39 AM
That Terrence Howard gif got me choked up thinking about what could have been...

#[frick]Perlmutter
SuperCat
SuperCat - 9/8/2015, 6:40 AM
<<<<<<<<
Pasto
Pasto - 9/8/2015, 6:44 AM
The creator of Harley Quinn likes how she looks in SS. I guess we can let this argument finally die right?

....Who am I kidding.
Desr0w
Desr0w - 9/8/2015, 6:46 AM
@SuperCat

sameoldthing
sameoldthing - 9/8/2015, 6:56 AM
Robbie may be the only thing good about this movie I think.
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 9/8/2015, 7:03 AM
She looks great, and I think Robbie is a great choice for Harley (since Brittany Murphy died). Her and Joker are really the only characters I'm familiar with in Suicide Squad, and they both look well done.
Minty
Minty - 9/8/2015, 7:07 AM
@EricBorder - Haha, so true!
AbhiShake
AbhiShake - 9/8/2015, 7:11 AM
Her look is inspired by this.


Harleen Quinzel could be a Blondie fan in the movie and this might be only prototype version of her costume.
codydriscollsrightarm
codydriscollsrightarm - 9/8/2015, 7:11 AM
Look at the marvel trolls... [frick]ing pieces of shit.
AbhiShake
AbhiShake - 9/8/2015, 7:15 AM
"DC is to childish and silly for me"

Wait wut? Is this a parallel universe?
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 9/8/2015, 7:18 AM
I see no issue with her Harley Quinn design. Sure it's not Batman: The Animated Series but she's played by Margot [frick]ing Robbie and they are even having the backstory where Harley worked at Arkham.

We have an amazing actress who's playing a character where her backstory and characterization are just like the comic and some are bitching about her design.....

GET. THE. [frick]. OVER. IT.

Characterization > costume design
EricBorder
EricBorder - 9/8/2015, 7:19 AM
@Minty

LMAO
YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 9/8/2015, 7:29 AM
@Pasto

"The creator of Harley Quinn likes how she looks in SS. I guess we can let this argument finally die right?

....Who am I kidding."
jrp6048
jrp6048 - 9/8/2015, 7:40 AM
I think her design is great and the only thing that worries me is Will Smith. I'm still going to see it opening weekend
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 9/8/2015, 7:50 AM
She looks great and she's obviously Harley without having to be told she is. It's a shame anyone would have to explain her look in the context of this particular film. Live action BATMAN in all black is a greater deviation than Robbie's Harley.

Shet yo bitch ass up and start the movie.
McGee
McGee - 9/8/2015, 7:50 AM
MINTY STOLE TEH ARTICLE!!!!¡¡111!

You done changed Mint. You done changed.

j/k ;)
McGee
McGee - 9/8/2015, 7:53 AM
Next you'll start doing shameless flame bait articles based on actual divisive quotes from actors playfully dissing a rival company in jest!
PapaEmeritus
PapaEmeritus - 9/8/2015, 8:40 AM
Anyone with a brain would think the same.
InvisibleSanji
InvisibleSanji - 9/8/2015, 8:48 AM
SS or Dr. Strange for best cast in a CBM next year.
InvisibleSanji
InvisibleSanji - 9/8/2015, 8:49 AM
Also, Bruce Timm has already thrown his support of the live-action version too.
FriendORFaux
FriendORFaux - 9/8/2015, 9:39 AM
She looks great. Don't know what the problem is.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 9/8/2015, 9:55 AM
What's he going to say? "It's shit and I want my creation back?" Didn't Chris Claremont praise X3? The point is, that the smart creators know that they don't win by going nuclear against the movie interpretations of their stuff.

And for the record, I like Dini and a lot of creators, but I don't take their word as law even about their own creations. George Lucas didn't really understand what made Star Wars great. The Wachowskis didn't really understand what made the Matrix great. Often times the best comic storylines for characters don't come from their creators, but from second or third generation writers.

So, in summation:




@sameoldthing
Robbie may be the only thing good about this movie I think.

Yeah, I've been resigned to that opinion for a while now. I had really high hopes for this movie before we started to get images and trailers. It could still turn out to be a good or even great movie, but everything about the aesthetic just rubs me the wrong way. I've actually shifted my eggs back into the Dawn of Justice basket, hoping that a new writer will fix what I didn't like about Man of Steel...
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 9/8/2015, 10:10 AM
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 9/8/2015, 10:17 AM
Nice, can't wait for this. The trailer sold me, Suicide Squad is gonna Rock
imkennypowers
imkennypowers - 9/8/2015, 10:26 AM
@Pasto - "That Terrence Howard gif got me choked up thinking about what could have been...

#[frick]Perlmutter"

You mean #f*ckDowneyJr. He played a part in getting Howard removed. They asked Howard to take a pay cut so he's not the top billed in a supporting role, he declined, they fired him and gave his money to RDJ. And Howard claims RDJ dodged his calls for months.
bladenite78
bladenite78 - 9/8/2015, 10:34 AM
I can not get into DC films lately. They are too grimdark and take themselves entirely too seriously for my liking. They are well made and crafted with intelligence, but the characters they represent so far are not the characters I enjoyed from DC, they are caricatures of their comic book selves. Cardboard cutouts pushed through a factory of politically correct molds that exchange classic or timeless concepts with whatever trendy fashion or philosophy they can manufacture.

Robbie looks that way because it's easy to over sexualize her image, tie her to a youth oriented musical development and then pretend she's so crazy that it's okay she wants to walk around and fight impractically in her underwear. It's a stupid idea, but it's not made for me, it's made for kids.
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