SUICIDE SQUAD Director David Ayer Clears Up Some Of The Theories About A Big Joker/Harley Quinn Scene

Why now? Why's he doing so much "damage control" now? Feels like he just wants to capitalize on the Snyder Cut, and exploit that momentum for his own gain. Dunno.

Ma quante cazzo di balle racconti, Ayer???
Pieno di merda, indeed.

Clearly he thought that by pushing her she would bounce off the pavement a few times and then digivolve into Hulk and be just fine.

Hello there! Long time listener - first time caller over here.

I have a friend who worked on this production and I can tell you that Ayer is not full of shit. This is 100% true. The entire relationship of Harley and Joker was very much like the comments where Joker is emotionally manipulative. The helicopter scene dailies were reviewed by WB execs who freaked out at how dark and honestly abusive Joker was to Harley and immediately stepped in to reshoot shit.

For example: remember the quick shot in one of the Suicide Squad trailers where Joker looks half blown up and he says “bye bye”? I believe he’s holding a grenade or something. Anyways, that’s because he comes back to “claim” Harley and she decides she no longer wants Joker so he essentially says fine [frick] you I don’t need you (not in those exact words) and makes an escape.

A lot of stuff was reshot/shaped differently in tone in post. I’m not saying Ayer’s rushed script wasn’t without its big flaws (Enchantress lol) but he had bigger and better plans that got sidelined because how stupid WB/DC but also because how many people bitched about how dark BvS was. There’s more stories my friend told me about this production before the film even came out and it’s pretty hilarious. Leto was only referred to by Joker on set, the actor who played Killer Croc was supposedly a huge tool who had a posse on set that walked him around like he was a boxing champ, and that Margot was a total pro who was very courteous to everyone on set.

I would love to see Ayers original vision released. Do I think it will be incredible? No. Not unless they completely scrapped 1/3 of the movie and reshot it but that is never happening. Do I think it would be pretty good - especially compared to what we got? Absolutely.