Suicide Squad: Will Smith Says He Wants The Ayer Cut Released
Will Smith says he'd love to see the Ayer Cut of 2016's Suicide Squad released. Smith portrayed Deadshot in the film, who teamed up with a group of supervillains, including Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, and Boomerang, to take down a bigger threat under the watchful eye of Viola Davis' Amanda Waller and Joel Kinnaman's Rick Flag. Jared Leto played Suicide Squad's Joker in a divisive performance that many insiders have argued never got a fair shake, due to the part being heavily edited down. Suicide Squad was directed by David Ayer and was a commercial success for Warner Bros., although the version released to theaters was significantly altered and varied greatly from what Ayer had originally delivered.
The reasons for the pre-release edits came on the heels of critical reception to Zack Snyder's Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, which was also a massive hit commercially, but a critical disaster. This caused Warner Bros. to flinch when Ayer's cut of Suicide Squad was reportedly more akin to his darker, more violent sensibilities. The studio re-edited the film to be more like Fox's Deadpool (but with a PG-13 rating), rather than the hard-edged take of Ayer's original cut. Since its release, fans have clamored to see the so-called Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad, causing the #ReleaseTheAyerCut hashtag to trend multiple times over.
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While promoting the new Bel-Air, Variety asked Smith if he wanted to see the Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad released. The actor responded that he's «into it» and «would love to see it.» Smith goes on to explain that he loves what was created in «both versions» of Suicide Squad, but that he'd «absolutely» enjoy seeing Ayer's.
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