The Suicide Squad gets first look, reveals Idris Elba, John Cena characters and more – CNET

The Suicide Squad director James Gunn printed who’s playing which villain within the 2021 movie Saturday at DC FanDome, and shared a teaser with some photography and within the assist of-the-scenes glimpses at the action-packed movie.

Idris Elba, it turns out, is playing Bloodsport; wrestler-actor John Cena is playing Peacemaker; longtime Gunn friend Nathan Fillion is playing TDK; and Saturday Night time Are living important particular person Pete Davidson is playing Blackguard. One of the vital crucial roles printed at DC FanDome were already known, alongside side Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn; Viola Davis as Amanda Waller; Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag; and Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang. 

And whilst you notion the Avengers had a huge community, buckle up, because The Suicide Squad is mountainous. Right here is the pudgy persona checklist, as shared by Gunn on Twitter:

Idris Elba plays Bloodsport

Margot Robbie plays Harley Quinn

Viola Davis plays Amanda Waller

Sean Gunn plays Weasel

Pete Davidson plays Blackguard

Daniela Melchior plays Ratcatcher 2

Joel Kinnaman plays Colonel Rick Flag

Nathan Fillion plays TDK

Jai Courtney plays Captain Boomerang

Steve Agee plays the on-place King Shark and John Economos

Mayling Ng plays Mongal

David Dastmalchian plays Polka-Dot Man

Alice Braga plays Sol Soria

John Cena plays Peacemaker

Juan Diego Botto plays Presidente Traditional Silvio Luna

Peter Capaldi plays The Thinker

Michael Rooker plays Savant

Flula Borg plays Javelin

Joaquín Cosío is Mayor Traditional Mateo Suarez

Jennifer Holland plays Emilia Harcourt

Storm Reid plays Tyla

Gunn said at some level of the panel that The Suicide Squad used to be “by a long way basically the most fun I’ve ever had making a movie,” that would have surprised some fans who expected the Guardians of the galaxy movies to raise that field. Gunn also praised the wide special effects, a host of which were confirmed in a video reel that jumbled collectively the assist of-the-scenes photography. Solid participants joined him for fun-stuffed trivialities game, and Gunn answered fan-submitted questions. He used to be most livid to write for Harley Quinn, he said, stating that the persona has a “chaotic trickster god” aspect

He can be said fans must not wretchedness he wasn’t given a free hand to assemble the movie he wished, tweeting it’s “100%, zero interference, no-holds-barred ME.”

Gunn wrote and directed the first two Guardians of the Galaxy movies for Surprise, but signed on for The Suicide Squad after Surprise temporarily fired him for off-coloration tweets. Producer Peter Safran has said The Suicide Squad is no longer an instantaneous sequel to the distinctive 2016 movie Suicide Squad, even supposing it capabilities a immense replace of returning characters performed by the a similar actors. The similarity of the titles is confusing, but the 2d movie uses “The” in its title.

After the panel, Gunn tweeted two very identical posters from DC FanDome, and invited fans to field the diversifications.