‘The Suicide Squad’: James Gunn Says Nobody Has Cracked Who Idris Elba’s Playing Yet

DC FanDome kicks off in less than an hour, and all week buzz has been building for the wealth of DCEU panels. One that everybody is looking forward to is James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad because…well, we really don’t know shit about it. We don’t know the story, we don’t know the villains, and we don’t even know who in the Hell Idris Elba’s character is going to be. And according to Gunn, nobody has come close to figuring it out.

Remember, when Elba first signed on everyone thought he was taking over the Deadshot role vacated by Will Smith. That turned out not to be the case, and all sorts of predictions have been made since, from Gorilla Grodd to Bronze Tiger, the latter a very popular choice. However, none of these guesses are true.

 

We might be looking at this with too strict of an eye. With characters like Peacemaker, played by John Cena, and Polka Dot Man, played by David Dastmalchian, Elba could be someone extremely obscure.

The full cast of The Suicide Squad is expected to be on hand today, and Gunn has promised the show will kick off with something big. I can’t wait.

The Suicide Squad opens August 6th 2021.

 

 

Travis Hopson
Travis Hopson has been reviewing movies before he even knew there was such a thing. Having grown up on a combination of bad '80s movies, pro wrestling, comic books, and hip-hop, Travis is uniquely positioned to geek out on just about everything under the sun. A vampire who walks during the day and refuses to sleep, Travis is the co-creator and lead writer for Punch Drunk Critics. He is also a contributor to Good Morning Washington, WBAL Morning News, and WETA Around Town. In the five minutes a day he's not working, Travis is also a voice actor, podcaster, and Twitch gamer. Travis is a voting member of the Critics Choice Association (CCA), Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA), and Late Night programmer for the Lakefront Film Festival.