Over at Collider, they exclusively revealed that Margot Robbie of “The Wolf of Wall Street” fame will be playing none other than Harley Quinn herself in the “Suicide Squad” film. Directed by David Ayer (“Fury”), this film is aimed to be the comic book Dirty Dozen and is starting to shape up as something interesting. With Jesse Eisenberg rumored to reprise his role as Lex Luthor in this film and Jared Leto allegedly being courted to play The Joker, this is going to be a fascinating team that largely differs from the comic team which normally centered on more B-List villains like Deadshot (who is A-List in my heart).
Robbie’s a fantastic addition if you’ve seen “The Wolf of Wall Street”, as she already has Harley’s patented “Mistah J” voice down pat in her baby talk to Leonardo Dicaprio’s Jordan Belfort. Beyond her Harleyisms, she’s a very talented actress who can bring the bipolar, rather crazy bent to a role with an odd amount of sweetness. In fact, if you were going to cast anyone, I can hardly think of anyone better than her. Harley Quinn being in a movie is a hell of a thing though, and given her immense popularity as a character these days, I have to imagine that will be a boon to the film’s bottom line.
“Suicide Squad” is set to arrive August 5th, 2016, so you can expect a lot more news about this production coming soon.
