Zack Snyder Directed a Scene in SUICIDE SQUAD

Before Geoff Johns became the clear guiding voice behind Warner Bros.' DC Comics adaptations, that unofficial position belonged to Man of Steel and Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder. He has his hands in the next few movies in the DC Extended Universe in one way or another, and he executive produced David Ayer's Suicide Squad, which is in theaters now. But now, thanks to an interview with Collider, we know that Snyder did more than that: he actually directed one scene in the movie.

Spoilers ahead.

If you've seen the film, you'll remember that in a flashback scene, it's Ezra Miller's The Flash who brings Captain Boomerang to justice during a bank robbery.

“Flash was always in the movie, we just got lucky because Justice League was happening and they had the uniform, they had the assets, so we were able to get that photography.”

As a follow-up, Collider asked if Snyder was the one who actually directed that scene, and Ayer confirmed it. I'm not sure if I believe the claim that Flash was "always in the movie," especially considering the stories about the troubles behind the scenes and the fact that we just heard about The Flash's inclusion for the first time last week, and something that big would have likely leaked out a long time before that if it indeed was in the script from the start. Ayer said the scene was shot while they were in post-production on the movie, and it was quick enough to just save everyone some time and money and have Snyder do it while he had Miller on the Justice League set in costume rather than arrange schedules to allow Ayer to direct that scene.