Jared Leto 2016-03-25 Billboard, 'Suicide Squad' Director Says 'The Crew Stops Working' When Jared Leto Does The Joker

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'Suicide Squad' Director Says 'The Crew Stops Working' When Jared Leto Does The Joker

3/25/2016 by Jessie Katz

Jared Leto as the Joker in the official trailer for "Suicide Squad."

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Suicide Squad director David Ayer has set the DC Comics fan world a-buzzing after an interview with Total Film [via DC Vertigo Daily] in which he speaks of Jared Leto's performance as the Joker in almost messianic terms.

Leto, the Oscar-winning actor and frontman of 30 Seconds to Mars, was tapped back in 2014 to play the iconic role in Warner Bros.' film featuring iconic DC Comics supervillains. Of the opportunity to play such a legendary character already immortalized by the likes of Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger, Leto told Billboard last year, "to take on this nearly Shakespearean character -- that's what graphic novels and comic books are becoming, right? [He's] this beautiful disaster of a character -- what a big challenge."

Ayer describes the experience of watching Leto-as-Joker as one in which "the hairs stand up on the back of your neck.

"What Jared has done is absolutely incredible," he gushes. "When he steps onto the set the world stops. Everything stops. What he’s done is so powerful, so menacing, so palpable, you can feel him. The crew stops working and just watches him. I have to get everybody going again because he’s so fascinating."

Fans will have to wait until the film's official release date of Aug. 5 to see it for themselves.

Suicide Squad - Trailer 1 (2015/July/13) and 2 (2016/Jan/19)

Here they are the 2 awesome trailers of the amazing movie "Suicide Squad" that will premiere on August 5, 2016 worlwide and on August 4 in Portugal.
Saw today for the first time the second trailer with the amazing "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen.

Suicide Squad Comic-Con Trailer (2016) - Jared Leto, Will Smith Movie HD

Published on Jul 13, 2015

Suicide Squad Official Trailer #1 (2016) - Jared Leto, Will Smith Movie HD

A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency.

Suicide Squad - Official Trailer - Official Warner Bros. UK

Published on Jan 19, 2016

Check out the official new trailer for Suicide Squad- In UK cinemas August 5, 2016 – directed by David Ayer and starring Will Smith, Joel Kinnaman, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney and Cara Delevingne.

An all-star roster of actors has joined new action adventure Suicide Squad, bringing DC Comics’ super villain team to the big screen under the direction of David Ayer (“Fury”).

The film will star two-time Oscar nominee Will Smith (“The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Ali,” “Focus”) as Deadshot; Joel Kinnaman (“Run All Night”, “Robocop”) as Rick Flagg; Margot Robbie (“The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Focus,” upcoming the “Tarzan” movie) as Harley Quinn; Oscar winner Jared Leto (“Dallas Buyers Club,” “Alexander”) as the Joker; Jai Courtney (“Divergent,” “The Water Diviner”) as Boomerang; and Cara Delevingne (“Anna Karenina,” “Pan”) as Enchantress.

Ayer is also writing the script for Suicide Squad, which is being produced by Charles Roven (“The Dark Knight” trilogy, upcoming “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”) and Richard Suckle (“American Hustle”). Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns are serving as executive producers.

Info of the film on imdb: Suicide Squad (2016)