Just How Different Would the ‘Suicide Squad’ Director’s Cut Be?
By George Robbins
Not too long ago, just after the announcement of the Snyder Cut for the ‘Justice League,’ director David Ayer announced that he could have a working director’s cut ready for ‘Suicide Squad.’ The announcement came out as a plea for fans to ask for the cut from Warner Media so that he could release the film the same way as ‘Justice League.’ If it wasn’t for fans, then that would have never really happened to begin with, so he wants people to get the studio to sign off on it. According to Ayer, the director’s cut is the version of the film that he wanted to put out before the heavy studio interference cause massive reshoots to take place. He has said that this version of the film is pretty much all set to go and he really just needs the okay. The question some may be asking is, just how different is the director’s cut from the original.
According to Ayer, the two versions of the film are very different from one another and the theatrical cut wasn’t even really his film anymore. The original movie, now the potential director’s cut, was supposed to be a dark action movie, but after reshoots it became something that didn’t fit the tone. For instance, there were parts of the film that seemed really dark in comparison to the rest of the film and these moments are littered throughout. This completely messed up the tone of the film as a whole and changed the outcome of the film. This came from the fact that ‘Deadpool‘ had done well theatrically and they were trying to copy that success so they messed with the tone of the film trying to make it more lighthearted with “comedy.” Ayer stated that it was due to this that the film ended up as it was but this was not all.
Ayer stated that the only thing that he wanted in the film that got to stay was Diablo’s backstory, but he was not actually supposed to die and he even survives in Ayer’s cut. Also included in his cut are scenes that show just how much of a role Joker was supposed to play in the grand scheme of the film and that he was also supposed to team up with Enchantress. The character Slipknot, who was only used as a demonstration tool for the explosives on the members of the squad, was supposed to have a fleshed out backstory as was Enchantress. Katana was also meant to be possessed by Enchantress to fight the team in the third act. It seems that one of the biggest changes was the fact that Harley’s and Joker’s abusive relationship was never really shown at its worst which drove her to have a romance with Deadshot which is also not shown on screen. Hopefully the director’s cut is allowed to release because this would make the film far more interesting.