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THR: Idris Elba in talks to replace Will Smith as Deadshot in James Gunn's Suicide Squad 2
- Thread starter ManaByte
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Will Smith always kinda seemed like Tom Cruise to me, in that he has way more charisma than acting talent really.
That said Will was fine in Suicide Squad, the problems were mostly with the script/writing.
Nope, but I would love to see him get another shot since he could do much better than what he was given with that first movie, they pretty much edited him out the movie.
Lol what, didn't see that entire thing, but I trust Gunn to deliver a great movie.
Wasn't he constantly whining about how empty super hero movies are and how he hated his time on Thor because it wasn't as meaningful as his other roles? I don't criticize him for having that point of view, to each his own. But to then come back in another cape flick? Lame.
He was a bit player in Thor. Maybe they are promising something a little meatier here.
His role got more significant in those movies going forward, too.
He's probably salty that he jumped on the first offer they gave him for a bit part when he probably could have been Black Panther if he waited.
Um Disney live action movies have the potential to be way bigger than any DC movie at this point
Feel like they should have just moved on from the character but sure. If you're going to replace Will, that's a good choice.
They're not related. Aladdin comes out this summer while SS2 hasn't started production.
It sounds like it was for Bad Boys, but that's probably an excuse. The studio must have him under contract for a sequel, they could've forced him but probably preferred to recast.
"I like that I have a little part in Thor. I'm neither movie star or day player. It allows me to do other things I love. The last one [Ragnarok] was fun. The others weren't fun. They're work. But on this one, Taika [Waititi, the director] was great. I wish I was more present in the Marvel family. I like what I have, but I also wish that I had a bigger character in the Marvel universe... It's been great, but I kinda think I need a bit more. I want to be a superhero. I like the idea of that."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/screenrant.com/idris-elba-heimdall-mcu-character/amp/
It seems like it was mostly the experience of the job in the first two films that he couldn't stand. Some conjecture here but in Ragnarok he was running around, outside, actually acting and doing stuff whereas in the first two films he was just standing around all the time with a silly costume, sword and most likely always on a green screen.
Idris is fine with other dumb roles or supporting roles in films like Pacific Rim and Hobbs and Shaw after all. Pure conjecture but by his own complaints J couldly easily imagine that those were likely simply more enjoyable and fulfilling to actually work on than playing Heimdall.
Lantern is gonna be a child heavy film if we ever get another, he's probably not gonna be into that.
The internet watched The Wire, where Idris Elba turned in a better performance than Will Smith's entire career put together.
Huge upgrade.
He was the star of the dark tower. Definitely not better than this.
Yup there goes the Green Lantern dream of him playing John Stewart..
Still, this is fantastic news if true. He will nail the role with Gunn calling the shots.
I'll admit I havent.
No way he's as good in that as Elba was as Stringer Bell though. Come on.
Pretty sure he recently said he doesn't know if Heimdall is dead, but he would like to come back, and at other points he has indicated he would also like to be cast in a bigger role in the universe. So ... who knows?