Suicide Squad
On February 27th , it was affirm that Will Smith will not be reprising the role of Deadshot in the upcomingSuicide Squadsequel . The James Gunn - directed pic , entitledThe Suicide Squad , is set for release on August 6th , 2021 and no other cast has been correct as of yet . The only matter that is for sure is that Smith will not return , leave alone a fate of question regarding remold or replacing the character entirely up in the air .
Thankfully , the tidings was that Smith ’s exit was entirely amicable and that , even though it was hoped he would return , he was never formally signed on to do the film . So while Smith is off work on other big ( and gentle ) task , here are the six in effect reactions to Will Smith leaving as Deadshot .
FANS ARE BUMMED OUT ABOUT IT
Despite the corrosive response to many element of Suicide Squad , there were a few thing most fans and critic agreed on : Margot Robbie was perfect as Harley Quinn , and Will Smith was bully as Deadshot . So , it was in spades a bummer when it was announced that he would n’t be returning for the continuation . Even though he ’s had a rocky clip on our screens as of late ( with the like ofBright , ConcussionandCollateral Beautydisappointing on most front ) , he ’s still an ikon and one of the most magnetic movie star around .
It could n’t be denied that his execution as Deadshot was fun and had some compelling pity under the surface . He count cool in the costume , with his bald head and beard combining being a unique fresh look for him . He handled himself well in action scene and had chemistry with most of his castmates . So , befittingly , a lot of the reaction was from rooter who were understandably crestfallen about him kick the bucket the role .
WAIT, HE CAN’T BE DEADSHOT BECAUSE HE’S BEING A BLUE GENIE?!
The story of Smith exiting the role insinuate that the reason for his leaving were the classical Hollywood ' scheduling conflicts ' . With The Suicide Squad scheduled to begin film this fall , Smith merely is n’t able to jibe the film into his schedule , which currently sees him promotingAladdinand shootingBad boy For Life . It was Aladdin that seemed to instigate the most uproarious responses from fans on societal media , with many aghast that he was leave Deadshot behind to fiddle a poorly render CGI djinny .
The poor reaction to the first Aladdin trailer was still fresh in masses ’s minds when news broke , so there were plenty of snarky tweets about him ruining his life history enough without dally Deadshot again . Our favorite , though , was the person who suggested that Smith allow because James Gunn told him Deadshot could n’t be naughty this time !
TO RE-CAST OR NOT TO RE-CAST?
As an supplement to the original news report , Variety newsperson Justin Kroll twitch that his sources say Warner Brothers were adjudicate whether they would re - cast the role of Deadshot or substitute him with a dissimilar DC Universe graphic symbol who would join the Squad for the subsequence . It ’s an interesting conundrum for the studio , as Deadshot is arguably the DC character most synonymous with the Squad in the comics and other media adaptations . Deadshot isalwaysthe field of study leader of the team ; he ’s the constant .
With written report that Margot Robbie and even Jared Leto are expected to return as Harley and The Joker , it makes re - casting Will Smith an even tougher choice ; if the other main fictitious character are the same actors again , it ’ll digest out even more if someone else is play Deadshot . Will Smith ’s shoes will be very big to fill as well , as there are few actors out there with his blind presence , endowment and history of being one of the most bankable doer in the game .
BREAKING NEWS: DON CHEADLE REPLACES WILL SMITH AS DEADSHOT
There are plenty of satirical Twitter accounts out there that comment amusingly on the goings on in Hollywood . And then there are some that will come up with a fake newspaper headline that is not suspect enough to be seen as satire . One of the latter tweeted on February 28th that Don Cheadle ( Ocean ’s Eleven , House Of Lies ) was in talk to replace Will Smith as Deadshot .
evidently , it was intend as a silly reference to Cheadle replace Terrence Howard inIron Man 2as James Rhodes / War Machine , but that was as far as the joke went . A few hoi polloi did n’t get it and thought Cheadle was really result the MCU for the Worlds Of DC , but mostly people just seemed to shrug . That is , until Cheadle himself then replied unbelievingly a few days by and by ! magnificent .
ACTUALLY, THERE’S ONLY ONE SUITABLE REPLACEMENT: JOE MANGANIELLO’S DEATHSTROKE
With Warner Brothers patently deal replacing Deadshot with another role , many fans ( andScreenRant itself ) postulate that DC / Warners already have a readymade replacement in their ranks : Joe Manganiello ’s Deathstroke ! Originally mean to be the main villain in Ben Affleck ’s canceled solo Batman pic , the character was then rumored to be dependent of an in - development solo movie fromThe Raiddirector Gareth Evans .
Both of these task fell by the wayside , as did Deathstroke ’s proposed involvement in a Legion Of Doom plot line in aJustice Leaguesequel ( after that movie flush it at the box - office ) . So far , all audiences have seen of Manganiello ( straight Blood , Magic Mike ) as Slade Wilson was a post - credits cameo in Justice League , but they want more and it ’s punishing to debate with the notion that the fictional character would work perfectly in a Suicide Squad movie . Why not replace one expert DC assassin with another ?
MAYBE THIS MEANS THE ARROWVERSE CAN BRING THEIR DEADSHOT BACK?
It ’s well known that when Warner Brothers / DC were developing the Suicide Squad motion-picture show , an edict lead out that all Squad related character had to be cut out of the CWArrowverse . They did n’t need potential hearing to be confused by there being a dissimilar Squad on TV played by dissimilar thespian , so the telecasting versions start to die or be written out of the show .
Deadshot had been play on the show by Michael Rowe since season one and was very popular with fans , so they were upset when he was kill off in the season three episode ' Suicidal leaning ' . Therefore , whenever the Will Smith news intermit , several sports fan took to Twitter to say they hoped that Warner would n’t recast the role for the big screen , lead the choice open forArrowwriters to bring their Deadshot back in some way .
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