History Trivia / SuicideSquad2016

* DearNegativeReader: A week before the release of ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', Creator/DavidAyer [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DC_Cinematic/comments/oubryz/heres_david_ayers_full_statement_in_response_to_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf released a statement]] in response to the renewed hatred against this film (some prominent reviews for the former film took potshots at the original and at Ayer himself), expressing that he refused to be a quitter yet was sick of the hate against him over a movie that was essentially ripped out of his hands and torn apart by [[Creator/WarnerBros a studio]] that by this point has [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice become]] [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 infamous]] among the DC fandom for its extreme ExecutiveMeddling. It should be noted that Ayer is completely supportive of Creator/JamesGunn and his vision for ''The Suicide Squad''; Gunn, in turn, has spoken in favor of releasing Ayer's cut of the first film.

* BannedInChina: Thanks to its dark subject matter.

** Ostrander raves over Viola Davis' performance of Waller, and also spoke favorably of then-contentious picks of Will Smith and Jai Courtney.

** On his Twitter account, David Ayer confirmed that the success of ''Film/{{Deadpool}}'' (in addition to the negative response to ''Batman v Superman'') was a major factor in why the film was heavily reshot and reedited to be more comedic and lighthearted.

* IKnewIt: [[spoiler: Slipknot dying early on]] was expected from the very moment the first trailer aired, since very little footage of him was shown and was repeated for every other trailer. [[spoiler: Even before the first trailer, it was believed he would be the first to die due to being a barely used, barely remembered gimmick villain in the comics, compared to everyone else having more use and exposure. Not to mention, he already had precedent for trying to escape and learning the hard way the bombs are real in the source material, too.]]

** ''And'' a BabyNameTrendKiller. [[https://www.behindthename.com/name/harley/top In the US,]] the film gave a boost to Harley as a girl's name, but [[https://www.behindthename.com/name/harley/top/england-wales?type=percent in the UK,]] it did precisely the opposite. Much of this comes down to the US and the UK being SeparatedByACommonLanguage. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', which originated the character of Harley Quinn, had already shifted the perception of Harley from being a boy's name to a girl's name. However, the show was never as popular in the UK as it was in its home country, and so the Brits still saw Harley as a boy's name. As such, when the film came out in 2016, Americans saw Harley as a cool, badass name to give a baby girl, but the Brits saw it as a horrible name to give a baby boy.

** Creator/RyanGosling was the first choice for the part of the [[Comicbook/TheJoker Joker]] before Creator/JaredLeto was cast. However, Gosling turned down the offer due to the multi-picture deal the studio was requiring.

** Creator/TomHardy was originally chosen for Rick Flag before Creator/JoelKinnaman was cast, but dropped out of the project due to filming commitments to ''Film/TheRevenant''. Hardy later [[Main/OldShame expressed his regret]] at leaving the role given that he did not want to lose the work at the time.

** Creator/TomHardy was originally chosen for Rick Flag before Creator/JoelKinnaman was cast, but dropped out of the project when production of ''Film/TheRevenant'' ran over schedule. Hardy later [[Main/OldShame expressed his regret]] at leaving the role given that he did not want to lose the work at the time.

** [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Talia Al Ghul]] was supposedly in an earlier draft of the script.

* ActingInTheDark: Creator/JaiCourtney said he was surprised by Flash's cameo in the film, as it was not in the script. He assumed he was being taken in by a SWAT team or Flagg himself. He did say it makes perfect sense in hindsight. It's also been said that adding Flash was part of the reshoots, as they had the actor with his costume all ready for ''Justice League''. Creator/ZackSnyder indeed filmed Creator/EzraMiller separately on the ''Justice League'' set, which was stitched together with Ayer's footage of Courtney for the final scene.

** ''And'' a BabyNameTrendKiller. [[https://www.behindthename.com/name/harley/top In the US,]] the film gave a boost to Harley as a girl's name, which ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' had popularized in the '90s, but [[https://www.behindthename.com/name/harley/top/england-wales?type=percent in the UK,]] it ''killed'' Harley as a ''boy's'' name. Much of this comes down to the US and the UK being SeparatedByACommonLanguage. ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', which originated the character of Harley Quinn, had already shifted the perception of Harley from being a boy's name to a girl's name. However, the show was never as popular in the UK as it was in its home country, and so the Brits still saw Harley as a boy's name. As such, when the film came out in 2016, Americans saw Harley as a cool, badass name to give a baby girl, but the Brits saw it as a horrible name to give a baby boy.

* MethodActing: Creator/JaredLeto made some headlines for how dedicated he was for his performance as ComicBook/TheJoker. He never broke character on set and sent gifts to his cast mates in character, including a live rat to Margot Robbie. Creator/ScottEastwood noted that he was scared of Leto in spite of being good friends with him in real life. Creator/WillSmith said that despite talking with and acting next to him he never felt like he actually met Leto until after filming was over.

** Will Smith chose to play Deadshot in this movie rather than reprise his StarMakingRole in ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'' because not only did he want something new, but also because he "never played a character that legitimately didn't give a [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]]". [[PromotedFanboy Also Batman]].
** Margot Robbie has also been vocal about how much she loved playing Harley Quinn. This despite how hard it was to perform the entire movie in stilettos.

* NamesTheSame: Marvel also has a villain named the Enchantress, who is associated with [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]].

** Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard, Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/DanielCraig, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/JasonStatham, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/JonHamm, Creator/BradPitt, Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/IdrisElba, Creator/RobertPattinson, and Creator/ColinFarrell were considered for the role of ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} before the casting of Creator/WillSmith. [=McGregor=] would later go on to portray Black Mask in ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}'', Elba would play Bloodsport in ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', and Pattinson and Farrell would portray [[Comicbook/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] and [[Comicbook/ThePenguin Oswald Cobblepot]] in ''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}'' respectively.

*** Creator/MattSmith, Creator/SharltoCopley, and Creator/MarkStrong were also considered for the Joker before the casting of Leto. Strong would eventually go on to play Doctor Sivana in ''[[Film/{{Shazam|2019}} SHAZAM!]]''

*** Creator/OliviaThirlby, Creator/ImogenPoots, Creator/AlisonBrie, Creator/RooneyMara, Creator/OliviaWilde, Creator/EmmaWatson, Creator/EmilyBrowning, Creator/LilyCollins, Creator/EmmaStone, [[Film/{{Aquamarine}} Sara Paxton]], Creator/AmandaSeyfried, Creator/EvanRachelWood, and Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead were considered for the part of Harley Quinn as well before the casting of Robbie. Winstead would eventually go on to portray [[Comicbook/{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]] in ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}''.

*** Creator/JakeGyllenhaal, Creator/JoelEdgerton, Creator/JasonClarke, Creator/LukeEvans, Creator/BradleyCooper, Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/KarlUrban, Creator/TomCruise, Creator/JamesMarsden, and Creator/JonBernthal were also considered for the part of Rick Flag before the casting of Kinnaman.

*** Creator/AlexandraDaddario, Creator/ShaileneWoodley, Creator/AliciaVikander, Creator/SaoirseRonan, Creator/EmiliaClarke, Creator/KrystenRitter, Creator/BrieLarson, Creator/ElliotPage, and Creator/MeganFox were considered for the part of Enchantress as well before the casting of Delevingne.
** Creator/OprahWinfrey, Creator/OctaviaSpencer, and Creator/KerryWashington were considered for the role of ComicBook/AmandaWaller before Creator/ViolaDavis was cast.

** Made after the success of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', also about a RagtagBunchOfMisfits who are lesser-known comic characters, and has had similar marketing right down to the 1970s pop hits in the trailers.

* TroubledProduction: The writing process for the film was very [[ChristmasRushed rushed]], with writer-director Creator/DavidAyer (''Film/Fury2014'', ''Film/EndOfWatch'') completing the screenplay in just six weeks.[[note]]Creator/JamesGunn, in comparison, [[http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2014/07/29/the-badass-interview-james-gunn-on-guardians-of-the-galaxy was allowed to keep working]] on the script for ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' until filming started.[[/note]] The backlash against ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' then rattled the executives at Warner Bros., who were now worried that ''Suicide Squad'' would meet with a similar response due to not reflecting the "fun and edgy" feel of the trailers. They hired Trailer Park, the company behind the teaser, to edit an alternate cut of the film. Warner Bros.' more lighthearted cut was screened for test audiences alongside Ayer's DarkerAndEdgier and more somber cut, which led to the studio deciding to do extensive and costly re-shoots to try and meet a middle ground between the two takes. It's believed that the decision to essentially merge the two conflicting versions of the film is to blame for the movie's MoodWhiplash, among other criticisms such as choppy editing and lack of character development for the titular squad. The Joker/Harley relationship in particular was signifcantly made more sympathetic due to poor reactions from test screenings. Further elaborated on [[http://theplaylist.net/warner-bros-cut-rival-version-suicide-squad-david-ayer-still-editing-20160803/ here]].

*** Since the announcement of ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' and in the wake of personal attacks on him from people reviewing ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', Ayer has been even more vocal about the heavy ExecutiveMeddling that radically changed the film's story and tone and scrapped a lot of his scenes, especially regarding the relation between Harley and the Joker.

* ActingInTheDark: Creator/JaiCourtney said he was surprised by Flash's cameo in the film, as it was not in the script. He assumed he was being taken in by a SWAT team or Flagg himself. He did say it makes perfect sense in hindsight. It's also been said that adding Flash was part of the reshoots, as they had the actor with his costume all ready for ''Justice League''. Creator/ZackSnyder indeed filmed Creator/EzraMiller separately on the ''Justice League'' set.

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* DoingItForTheArt: Jared Leto typically operates on MethodActing, and his role as the Joker is not an exception--cast members have said that he absolutely did not break character on or off the set.

** Creator/TomHardy was originally chosen for Rick Flag before Creator/JoelKinnaman was cast, but dropped out of the project in order to star in ''Film/TheRevenant''. Hardy later [[Main/OldShame expressed his regret]] at leaving the role given that he did not want to lose the work at the time.

* FanNickname:
** The film gets sometimes nicknamed "Trailer Park's ''Suicide Squad''" among DCEU fandoms and beyond due to the belief that the Trailer Park company reedited the film out of a mandate from Creator/WarnerBros, or at least that the movie's tone was heavily changed to fit that of its second and third trailers (the [[Music/{{Queen}} "Bohemian Rhapsody"]] and [[Music/{{Sweet}} "Ballroom Blitz"]] ones).
** ''Studio Squad'' is quickly becoming another nickname as well, to better tie in with ''Josstice League''.
** Will Smith's version of Deadshot is sometimes jokingly referred to as [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir "The Fresh Prince of Belle Reve"]].

* FanNickname: The film gets sometimes nicknamed "Trailer Park's ''Suicide Squad''" among DCEU fandoms and beyond due to the belief that the Trailer Park company reedited the film out of a mandate from Creator/WarnerBros, or at least that the movie's tone was heavily changed to fit that of its second and third trailers (the [[Music/{{Queen}} "Bohemian Rhapsody"]] and [[Music/{{Sweet}} "Ballroom Blitz"]] ones).

** Early concept art indicates the story was originally much more tied into ''Film/JusticeLeague''; the device Enchantress was activating was called a Boom Tube, the black goo creatures were Parademons, and Steppenwolf would have appeared.