'The Suicide Squad' First Look, Cast Revealed at DC FanDome - VarietyOriginally Posted by Variety[...] Several actors are reprising their roles from the 2016 “Suicide Squad” film, including Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, and Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang.
Among the new cast, Gunn said that he reached deep into the DC Comics canon to find a motley crew of villains to populate the movie, and it appears he brought some invention of his own to the project as well.
Idris Elba is playing Bloodsport, a mercenary driven to vengeance in the comics after his brother loses all his limbs in the Vietnam War.
Alice Braga is playing Sul Soria, seemingly a new character created for the film who is likely related to the comics character Juan Soria, who joins the Suicide Squad after getting rejected by the Justice League.
Nathan Fillion is playing T.D.K., another seemingly new character, whose name evokes the Suicide Squad character Knockout, a female villain with super strength.
Pete Davidson is playing Blackguard, a not-terribly-successful or smart villain who is easily manipulated into foiling his own schemes.
Michael Rooker is playing Savant, who runs afoul of the Birds of Prey in his efforts to discover Batman’s true identity.
John Cena is playing Peacemaker, who Cena describes in the behind-the-scenes look as a “douchey Captain America,” and who Gunn describes as “the guy who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill along the way.”
David Dastmalchian is playing Polka-Dot Man — yes, Polka-Dot Man, a Batman villain from the 1960s who could use the dots on his suit to execute his nefarious plans. Again, yes, he’s playing Polka-Dot Man.
Sean Gunn is playing Weasel, who is, basically, a man-sized weasel.
Peter Capaldi is playing the Thinker, one of the oldest DC Comics villains dating back to the 1940s, whose abilities have included the ability to control human and electronic minds alike.
Flula Borg is playing Javelin, a former Olympic athlete who first tussled with Green Lantern before joining the Suicide Squad.
Daniela Melchior is playing Ratcatcher 2, presumably related to the original Ratcatcher, another Batman villain whose ability is, you guessed it, controlling rats.
Mayling Ng is playing Mongal, who in the comics is an alien with a twin brother named Mongul (get it?), and eventually comes up against Superman.
And the final announced villain is King Shark, a giant man with a shark head (or perhaps a giant shark with a human body?) who was recently featured on the CW TV series “The Flash.” Steve Agee played the character on the set of the movie. [...]
The film wrapped production before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down, and Gunn has said that the film is still on track to open in theaters on Aug. 6, 2021.
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