Suicide Squad Director Shares Post On How Jared Leto’s Joker Is Comic Book Accurate

At this point, most people are pretty dug into their opinion of Suicide Squad and won’t budge, one way or another. However, even though there are plenty of people who didn’t like the film – and especially how Jared Leto played Joker – you have to give credit where credit is due. Ayer wasn’t shy about sharing his many DC Comics inspirations during production on Suicide Squad. He shared teaser images on social media of actual comic books, as well as plenty of visual odes to the source material in promo teaser images – many of them featuring Jared Leto’s Joker. So to say that the filmmaker “ruined” Joker or disrespect his comic legacy, well, you’re mostly complaining about a few tattoos and silver teeth, at this point.

Ayer also recently reaffirmed his view that Jared Leto’s Joker was “robbed” of his proper due in Suicide Squad:

At the same time, Ayer has also admitted that there isn’t a secret cut of Suicide Squad featuring more of Leto’s Joker floating around somewhere. Even if “The Ayer Cut” of the film is released, it will still largely contain the same Joker storyline misfires that fans originally had a problem with.

Still, a lot of DC movie fans are routing for Suicide Squad The Ayer Cut to happen, we’ll keep you updated about it.