Batman Will Be Seen From the POV of the Villains in SUICIDE SQUAD and He’s “Freaking Scary”
There are several unique aspects of Suicide Squad that we haven’t really seen done in a comic book movie before. One is that, obviously, the film focuses on a team of villains. Another thing is that Batman is in the movie, but he’s not the main character. Almost every time we’ve seen Batman in a movie, he’s been the focus of attention. This will be the first movie he's in where he's not.
I’m really curious to see how exactly the Dark Knight is handled in this story, but while we wait, director David Ayer teases what we can look forward to. He explains in an interview with Collider:
"There’s a lot of information out there, a lot of false information about how these characters play into the A plot. It’s an incredibly complex story with flashbacks and different convergent storylines and things like that."
The site says that they saw a piece of concept art of Deadshot's cell with "Die Bat" written across the walls. Deadshot clearly isn’t a fan of Batman, whose presence will be felt heavily in the film. It just won’t be in the way we’ve seen him before. Ayer explains that the character will seen from the point of view of the villains in the film and that they are pretty much terrified of him.
"All the Batman movies have been from Batman’s point of view. He’s the good guy. He’s the hero of his own movie in all the movies we’ve seen. If you look at what Bruce Wayne has done in creating the Batman persona, his idea was to terrorize criminals. It’s sort of psychological warfare against criminals. This wraith that comes in the night and attacks and pulls criminals from society. For the first time, we’re seeing Batman from the point of view of the criminals and he’s freaking scary."
We have already seen a few bits and pieces of Batman in the trailers for the film. He’s hanging on the top of The Joker's car, and he dives in some water to save Harley Quinn. There’s a lot more meat to his role in the film, though. Ayer says:
"We have had some material exposed by virtue of being out on the streets and working out on the streets, but it’s a sliver. It’s a fragment and it’s all out of context. For me it’s a lot of fun just to see how people try and assemble these pieces because in their minds, they’re a much larger piece of the film than they’re actually saying. But it takes days and days to shoot a scene so it’s how does all this fit together? That’s the big surprise."
Well, I can’t wait for the big surprise! We’ll find out what that is when Suicide Squad is released on August 5th. Everything that I’ve seen and heard regarding the film has been exciting, and it all seems to be building up to something spectacular!