{"id":48638,"date":"2014-12-04T16:44:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T23:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/04\/and-will-smith-as-deadshot.html"},"modified":"2014-12-18T17:49:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T00:49:06","slug":"and-will-smith-as-deadshot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/04\/and-will-smith-as-deadshot.html","title":{"rendered":"And Will Smith as Deadshot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oooookay, so we'll be going for snarky Deadshot, rather then grim Deadshot. I'm cool with that. And he can certainly do the action hero<\/del> villain<\/del> hero thing.<\/p>\n

The rest of the Suicide Squad<\/i> cast isn't as well known to me. I'm hoping that the Joker (Jared Leto) will be a foil to the team (as in the "Assault on Arkham" animated), rather than on the team itself; Joker just doesn't work well in ensembles, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

Here's hoping that the not-yet-cast Amanda Waller is suitably … imposing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nIt’s Official: ‘Suicide Squad’ to Star Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie and More<\/a><\/span>
\nWill Smith, Tom Hardy, Margot Robbie and Jared Leto are officially set to star in Suicide Squad, Warner Bros. announced Tuesday.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oooookay, so we'll be going for snarky Deadshot, rather then grim Deadshot. I'm cool with that. And he can certainly do the action hero villain hero thing. The rest of the Suicide Squad cast isn't as well known to me. 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