Suicide Squad director David Ayer has stated that he regrets the decision to have Jared Leto’s Joker sport a certain tattoo.
In the 2016 DC movie, Leto’s version of the Clown Prince of Crime had the word “damaged” tattooed on his forehead.
He previously defended the decision in a 2018 tweet yesterday, but acknowledged that some fans would find it “alienating.”
“Originality and fidelity to the canon are often at odds”, wrote so.
However, in a recent post, the filmmaker admitted that he now regrets the decision. In a tweet from August, Ayer shared an image of the Joker without tattoos, captioning it: “Original intent.”
In the comments, one user asked: “David – when did the ‘damaged’ tattoo come into play and whose idea was it?”
The filmmaker replied: “The idea of the tattoo belongs to me one hundred percent. “It was my choice. The original idea was for it to say ‘Blessed’ and not ‘Damaged’.
“That said, I regret that decision. It created acrimony and division. Not all ideas are good.”
And he added jokingly: “And I will stay here in a corner while the Internet slaps me for this post.”
The director had previously explained on Twitter/X that the ‘Damaged’ tattoo “was intended for Batman after he broke Joker’s teeth for killing Jason Todd.” [el compañero del Caballero Oscuro]”.
In Yesterday’s Suicide Squad, a group of imprisoned supervillains – led by Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn and Will Smith’s Deadshot – are assembled by an American intelligence officer for a top-secret mission. Leto’s Joker, for his part, was not part of the crew and had his own evil plans.
In 2021, new DC boss James Gunn went on to direct The Suicide Squad, a soft reboot and standalone sequel to Yesterday’s Suicide Squad. The film proved very popular with critics, earning a near-perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes upon its release. It currently has 90% approval.
In a four-star review of the sequel, NME wrote: “Bold, boisterous and just maudlin right at its climax, The Suicide Squad proves you can spend time with the bad guys without regretting it afterwards.”
2023-08-19 15:21:09
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