Common Reveals The Name of His Mysterious SUICIDE SQUAD Character

Movie Common Suicide Squad about 10 years agoby Ben Pearson

About ten months ago, actor/rapper Common was cast in David Ayer's upcoming supervillain movie Suicide Squad. But while we had a pretty good idea of which characters all of his co-stars would be playing, Common's role was a mystery to the blogosphere. Some fans speculated that he might be portraying Green Lantern, since he was cast as John Stewart in George Miller's Justice League: Mortal years ago before that project fell apart, but others thought he might be playing a villain called the Tattooed Man after he was spotted with tattoos covering his body on the set of the film.

Now, thanks to a new interview with Complex (at the 2:48 mark), we know the name of his character, but it's not one that's going to ring a bell for fans of DC Comics:

"My role is basically a character who's in business with The Joker. His name was Monster T."

"Monster T" doesn't pop up in a search of the wiki for DC Comics characters, so I guess we'll have to wait until Suicide Squad hits theaters to find out the extent of his character, whether or not Monster T is a code name for a better-known character, and how his interactions with Jared Leto's Joker will play into the story.

Suicide Squad arrives on August 5th.