David Ayer Regrets Not Making The Joker the Main Villain in SUICIDE SQUAD
Over the weekend, director David Ayer shared his honest, candid thoughts regarding Suicide Squad after a fan reached out to him and thanked Ayer for his work on the film, calling it a "masterpiece." I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but it certainly was an awesome film that I had a blast watching.
After thanking the fan for his kind words, Ayer talked in great length about the film and the good and bad aspects of it. One thing he wishes he would have done differently was make The Joker the main villain. He posted the following note on Twitter:
Thank you so much. I know it's a controversial film, I really tried to make something different, with a look and a voice of its own.
"I took inspiration from the insanity of the original comics. Making a movie is a journey, not a straight line. I learned so much. People want what they want, and everyone has a personal vision of how each character should look and walk and talk. If you set out to make a mass appeal movie, it's easy to end up with vanilla. But I went for it. And I know Squad has its flaws, Hell, the World knows it. Nothing hurts more than to pick a newspaper and see a couple years of your blood, sweat and tears ripped to shreds. The hate game is strong out there.
"The movie was wildly successful commercially. And the World got introduced into some very cool characters in the DC Universe. And that success is due exactly to the wonder and power of DC, of its characters. Would I do a lot of things different? Yep, for sure.
"Wish I had a time machine. I'd make Joker the main villain and engineer a more grounded story. I have to take the good and bad and learn from it. I love making movies and I love DC. I'm a High School dropout and used to paint houses for a living. I'm lucky to have the job I have. I have to give the characters the stories and plots they deserve next time. Real talk. (And no, there isn't a secret edit of the film with a bunch of Joker scenes hidden in a slat mine somewhere.)"
It's interesting and refreshing to see him talk about his film like this. It's always cool when directors and other filmmakers humble themselves and own up to their mistakes. I will say that I actually did like the villain used in the film. The Joker has been done to death already, and I thought it was actually kinda cool that Ayer didn't go that route, but who knows, maybe he would have made a better movie with Joker as the main villain.
Ayer is currently developing Gotham City Sirens with Margot Robbie, and that will be a great chance for him to move on and try something new and different in the DC universe. I love the films that Ayer makes, and I'm excited to see what he's gonna come up with for Gotham City Sirens.
