You may recall a while ago we reported that Will Smith, although asked to, couldn’t return for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad as Deadshot due to scheduling.
And producer Peter Safran pointed out that Deadshot – not Elba’s Bloodsport – was, indeed, set to lead the team again.
“We discussed it,” he says when asked about Smith returning. “But it was… I think the ‘Will’ of it all was really more of a schedule thing than anything else. We knew we had to start shooting in September because, frankly, we knew probably earlier than other people did that James was going to come back and do Guardians. So it was really important that we started shooting when we started shooting, and Will wasn’t available. That kind of made it easier all around: what are you going to do? He’s not available. So it’s also nice to, frankly, help separate it from the first movie, I think, in a greater fashion.”
In the new movie, Elba’s Bloodsport if the leader of the team… was that meant to be Deadshot originally? “It could have been,” Safran replied, “It was certainly a discussion.”
However, Smith himself has now confirmed in a GQ Q&A, below, that, yes, it was because of scheduling that he couldn’t appear and ponders: “They left Deadshot out, right?” before asking: “So Idris [Elba] is playing… a different character?”
After confirmation of this, he says: “Alright, cool, so I can come back!”
Smith has said in the past he loved playing Deadshot and being part of the DCEU and it seems pretty genuine here that he wants to return.
So, hopefully, at some point in the future, be it on the big or small screen, we will maybe see Deadshot back in action. Now, that would be a lot of fun.
Thoughts on this?
Will Smith has confirmed he didn’t return as Deadshot in #TheSuicideSquad simply because of scheduling and wants to return pic.twitter.com/Vm7d6zjGsd
— Caleb Williams (@KnightGambit) September 29, 2021
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