Jared Leto Says a Lot of His Joker Scenes Didn't Make SUICIDE SQUAD's Final Cut

I didn't expect Jared Leto's Joker to be in every scene of Suicide Squad, but I did think he'd be in the movie a lot more than he actually is. I still haven't seen the film myself, but Joey said in his review that Leto only appears for about 10 minutes. Apparently that wasn't always the case, though, because in an interview with Telestar (via Uproxx), the actor spoke about a good number of his scenes ending up on the cutting room floor:

“Yeah, there are a lot of scenes that didn’t make it to the final film. Hopefully they’ll see the light of day. Who knows.”

Yesterday we learned that there was a tumultuous battle going on behind-the-scenes of this film, with the studio wanting a lighter, more comedic film and director David Ayer holding out for a darker version of the story. The studio went as far as to hire multiple editors (and a company that cuts movie trailers) to work on their desired cut of the film as Ayer worked on his, and while there were apparently some compromises made, WB's version reportedly won out in the end. Since Leto's Joker doesn't seem exactly like a lighthearted character from the marketing we've seen, it stands to reason that the stuff he filmed was probably pretty dark, so maybe that footage was in Ayer's cut that didn't quite make it through the studio gauntlet.

Considering WB's tactic of releasing the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice R-rated cut on Blu-ray and how reactions to that version dominated the geek news cycle for a little while, it seems like an obvious decision for them to do the same thing for Suicide Squad to try to eek out a little more money from the home video market than they would have otherwise. So I'm guessing we'll end up seeing everything Ayer put on film before this is all said and done.

And in case anyone had any bizarre doubts that Leto wouldn't be returning, OF COURSE he's coming back to reprise the role in another movie down the line:

“I learned a lot about the Joker the more that I worked on the character, and I think that’s probably going to continue to happen. It’s the most fun I’ve ever had with a character.”

Suicide Squad hits theaters tonight.