THE SUICIDE SQUAD Director James Gunn On The One Scene WB Felt Might Have Gone "Too Far" - SPOILERS

THE SUICIDE SQUAD Director James Gunn On The One Scene WB Felt Might Have Gone "Too Far" - SPOILERS

The Suicide Squad pushed the envelope in terms of gore and general bizarreness, but director James Gunn has revealed that one sequence, in parti8cular, led to some pushback from Warner Bros. execs.

By MarkCassidy - Aug 09, 2021 07:08 AM EST
Filed Under: The Suicide Squad

We knew The Suicide Squad was going to be rated R right from the get-go, but it's probably fair to say nobody was expecting the levels of gore writer-director James Gunn was able to get away with.

For the most past, the OTT violence is reserved for the bad guys (well, the really bad guys), but there are a couple of nastier moments in there, one of which sees Task Force X take down a bunch of Sol Soria's rebel fighters in the jungle. Peacemaker (John Cena) and Bloodsport (Idris Elba) dispatch the rebels in a variety of increasingly brutal ways as they attempt to one-up each other, only to discover that they've been killing their allies.

Essentially, our "heroes" massacre the good guys!

During an interview with Variety, Gunn was asked about this sequence and revealed that he did receive some pushback from Warner Bros., and explained why he had his own "reservations" about the including the scene.

"The the stuff with Bloodsport and Peacemaker, I had a lot of reservations about. I loved the sequence. It’s funny and it goes to the heart of what the movie is about, for me, in terms of Bloodsport’s journey of starting to learn that being a man and being a leader is not synonymous with being a toxic man, and that the path forward to true manhood is through vulnerability. That [sequence] is a big part of that — just a big dick swinging contest between two people."

"But, man, even watching it the other night in the theater, that’s the one place I go, holy shit, we pushed it far," Gunn continued. "Like, it’s at the edge of where we could go with that. There were some Warner Bros. execs who brought up, “Is this the one place that we go too far?” I think that’s when I added, you know, Amanda Waller explicitly tells them to go into the camp and kill everyone. So they are following her orders, and she is in a way the antagonist in the film. So anyway, yeah, I had reservations about that.

The scene in question is ultimately played for laughs, but when you think about it, it is pretty damn dark!

What do you guys think? Did Bloodsport and Peacemaker's little display take things too far in your estimation? Drop us a comment down below.

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MrDandy
MrDandy - 8/9/2021, 8:00 AM
I thought that that scene where they massacre the freedom fighters because they’re too busy showing off was hilarious.
ElricReturns
ElricReturns - 8/9/2021, 8:08 AM
@MrDandy - that reveal got the biggest laugh out of me from the entire movie.
HeraldNumber7
HeraldNumber7 - 8/9/2021, 8:37 AM
@ElricReturns -

Peacemaker stabbing the guy laying down had me in tears 🔪🔪🔪
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 8/9/2021, 8:54 AM
@MrDandy - it was a heart drop moment and funny lol
suitekid
suitekid - 8/9/2021, 9:20 AM
@HeraldNumber7 - That part had me rolling. It was such perfectly deadpan dark physical comedy. Equal parts unsettling and hilarious.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 8/9/2021, 8:02 AM
It's probably the best scene in the movie though and it's meant to be black comedy, which is a rarity these days. Also, they thought they were killing enemy soldiers because Waller's team was too lazy to do any research prior to the mission.
PapaSpank54
PapaSpank54 - 8/10/2021, 9:14 AM
@soberchimera - hey, Peacemaker was taking notes. Musta been lousy notes tho
Fares
Fares - 8/9/2021, 8:05 AM
Rarely would a movie get more from me than some air blowing from my nose. But when Peacemaker stabbed that sleeping guy to heaven, I chuckled.
santoanderson
santoanderson - 8/9/2021, 8:15 AM
Several people in my theater gasped when they killed the dude without pants on. Not because they killed him, but because the guy’s dick was hanging out.
Ahhh
Ahhh - 8/9/2021, 8:16 AM
@santoanderson - I dont remember a penis out.
santoanderson
santoanderson - 8/9/2021, 8:19 AM
@PsychoBatemen - Dude hangs dong.
Nunyabiz
Nunyabiz - 8/9/2021, 8:24 AM
@santoanderson - wonder if Gunn thought a free swinging willy was essential to the story?
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 8/9/2021, 8:30 AM
@santoanderson -

santoanderson
santoanderson - 8/9/2021, 8:31 AM
@Nunyabiz - When Will Smith dropped out, they had to replace one big Willy with another.
DENNISsystem
DENNISsystem - 8/9/2021, 1:25 PM
@santoanderson - for real?
DENNISsystem
DENNISsystem - 8/9/2021, 1:25 PM
@MosquitoFarmer - attack the target
ScottSummers
ScottSummers - 8/9/2021, 5:00 PM
@santoanderson - This is isn't Reddit, but I just gave you a big, gold medal.
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