Will Smith, Margot Robbie And More Eyed For Leading Roles In David Ayer's SUICIDE SQUAD
Suicide Squad will be Warner Bros.' first non Batman/Superman movie for quite some time, so there's a lot riding on David Ayer's (Fury) take on the villainous team. It's a good job that they're already eyeing some serious A-List talent then, including a former Batman foe!
It's still early days for Suicide Squad (the script is still being worked on, so don't take those roster reports too seriously just yet), but Warner Bros. are already offering some of the lead roles to A-List actors. As well as courting Ryan Gosling - which you can read about by clicking here - The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Will Smith (I Am Legend), Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) and Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises). There's no word on which characters they may end up playing, but fans on Twitter are suggesting Robbie for the role of Harley Quinn, and that sounds just all sorts of perfect, wouldn't you say? Regardless, the fact that the studio are looking at this sort of talent shows that they're taking their DC Comics slate very seriously. Marvel just got some competition in the casting department! Which members of the Suicide Squad do you think they should play? Be sure to sound off with your thoughts in the usual place.
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