Why 'Suicide Squad' director David Ayer's 'heart breaks' for Jared Leto's Joker

Released in 2016, Suicide Squad was third film in DC Extended Universe (DCEU). film has an ensemble cast with Jared Leto as Joker, who received criticism for his performance. actor appeared for a small screen time in film. w, director of Suicide Squad, David Ayer revealed that most of scenes are unseen. Read to kw more.

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David Ayer’s heart breaks for Jared Leto

A couple of days back, David Ayer was interacting with his followers on Twitter, where he is quite active. A user tweeted that Jared Leto’s Joker was too creepy for compassion and his look did t convince everyone like 'Batfleck' (Ben Affleck as Batman) did. Replying to tweet, Ayer mentioned that his heart breaks for Leto as he did ‘magnificent work’ in film. He revealed that most of his scenes are t seen by audiences. Check out his tweet.

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According to prior reports, re was a lot of behind scenes drama while Suicide Squad was in production. David Ayer and Warner Bros. executives had trouble in settling on an appropriate tone, which led to two different cuts of film. After getting feedback from test screenings of both cuts, Ayer and executives found a common ground and studio went on with a lighter, PG-13 version. This resulted in several scenes of Joker being cut out from film.

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Jared Leto appeared as Joker in Suicide Squad for less than 15 minutes. In an interview after film’s release, Academy Award-winning actor said that re were a lot of his scenes which he wished should have been in final cut. He said that re is probably eugh foot to make a solo Joker movie.

Jared Leto was reportedly promised his own solo film playing Crown Prince of Crime by Warner Bro. studios. But after backlash he received along with movie, standalone film got cancelled. Later, Joaquin Phoenix was cast as Joker in Todd Philips’ Joker (2019). Leto was reportedly unhappy with decision and even tried to cancel it. Phoenix went on to win an Academy Award for his performance.

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Suicide Squad stars Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Scott Eastwood, Karen Fukuhara, Ike Barinholtz, and Cara Delevingne. It received mix reviews from audiences but fared well at box office and even won an Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at 89th Academy Award. It was followed by a spin-off film Birds of Prey (2020). A standalone sequel, Suicide Squad helmed by James Gunn is scheduled to release in 2021.