Tom Hardy "F#cking Hated" Losing His SUICIDE SQUAD Role As 'Rick Flagg'
Despite rumors that the Dark Knight Rises actor was unhappy with the script for Suicide Squad, Tom Hardy has revealed precisely why he had to drop out of the 2016 DC Comics adaptation, and the actor reiterates how he was bummed out by it. Check it out after the jump!
After revealing it was actually the lack of snow during Winter in Canada last year that had halted production for months on The Revenant, which also stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy says it “punched right into” his initial Suicide Squad schedule. He continued, “That got derailed for me. Was I bummed? Of course I was. I hate [frick]ing losing work. I kept bemoaning that they were losing me significant money on a daily basis. Actually, it was good for my [Revenant] character.”
This isn't the first time that Hardy has addressed exiting the David Ayer-directed DC Comics adaptation. Back in May, the Dark Knight Rises actor had debunked those rumors that he didn't like the script for Suicide Squad, and he even teased something noteworthy that happens with Margot Robbie's and Jared Leto's supervillain characters. “I wanted to work on that and I know the script is really [frick]ing alley and I also know what’s gonna happen with The Joker and Harley Quinn in that,” Tom Hardy told Collider while promoting Mad Max: Fury Road. “I won’t give away too much…it’s [frick]ing alley. And that whole territory is something that I would certainly—I mean, everybody loves The Joker. Everybody loves The Joker. Will Smith is a dope guy, but everybody loves The Joker and that’s gonna, I think, be a very important film for fans.” What do you think?
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?
Directed by David Ayer from his script, Suicide Squad stars Will Smith (Deadshot), Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flag), Jared Leto (the Joker), Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Jai Courtney (Boomerang), Viola Davis (Amanda Waller), Cara Delevingne (Enchantress), Ben Affleck (Bruce Wayne), and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Killer Croc), with Raymond Olubawale (King Shark), Jay Hernandez, Ike Barinholtz, Jim Parrack, Adam Beach, and Scott Eastwood. The film releases on August 5, 2016!