James Gunn Reveals Idris Elba's Bloodsport in THE SUICIDE SQUAD Almost Killed Superman
The Suicide Squad director James Gunn recently shared some new details regarding Idris Elba’s character Bloodsport and those details involve his backstory. It turns out that Bloodsport actually had a run-in with Superman prior to the events of the film… and he nearly killed the Man of Steel!
Gunn was asked by a fan on Twitter whether Superman will have anything to do with The Suicide Squad and he replied, “Bloodsport is in prison for taking him down with a kryptonite bullet. If you believe these covers, he may not be the bad guy in that situation.”
Another fan asked a follow-up question regarding Superman’s fate and Gunn clarified, “He put him in the ICU but he failed to kill him.”
While this is interesting, this is Superman we’re talking about here. Remember he’s faster than a speeding bullet and should have easily been able to dodge the bullet. But, maybe the fact it was a Kryptonite bullet slowed him down as it got closer? Regardless of the details, Bloodsport got him.
One other question that Gunn was asked on Twitter was how many of his characters in The Suicide Squad would die in the film. He’s been teasing the death of the characters in the film for a long time, and when asked this question on Instagram, he replied, “Almost all of them.”
Here’s the synopsis for the film:
Welcome to hell — a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the US of A. Where the worst Super-Villains are kept and where they will do anything to get out—even join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X. Today’s do-or-die assignment? Assemble a collection of cons, including Bloodsport, Peacemaker, Captain Boomerang, Ratcatcher 2, Savant, King Shark, Blackguard, Javelin and everyone’s favorite psycho, Harley Quinn. Then arm them heavily and drop them (literally) on the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
Trekking through a jungle teeming with militant adversaries and guerrilla forces at every turn, the Squad is on a search-and- destroy mission with only Colonel Rick Flag on the ground to make them behave…and Amanda Waller’s government techies in their ears, tracking their every movement. And as always, one wrong move and they’re dead (whether at the hands of their opponents, a teammate, or Waller herself). If anyone’s laying down bets, the smart money is against them—all of them.
The film has previously been described as a 1970s-style war movie. It has also been said that the Suicide Squad team will be heading on a mission to Corto Maltese so that they can recover something from a former German prison and laboratory. Producer Peter Safran previously explained:
"There they have to destroy a Nazi-era prison and laboratory named Jotunheim, where political prisoners were held and experimentations took place."
The Suicide Squad also stars Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg, David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man, Steve Agee as King Shark, and Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher, Michael Rooker as Savant, Flula Borg as Javelin, Nathan Fillion is T.D.K., Mayling Ng as Mongal, Peter Capaldi as The Thinker, Alice Braga as Sol Soria, Sylvester Stallone providing the voice of King Shark, John Cena is Peacemaker, Joaquín Cosío is Mayor General Mateo Suarez, Pete Davidson is Blackguard, Sean Gunn is Weasel, Jennifer Holland is Emilia Harcourt, and Storm Reid is Bloodsport's daughter, Tyla. Taika Waititi will also be in the film.
The Suicide Squad is set for release on August 6, 2021.
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