Suicide Squad: 10 Actors Who Could Replace Tom Hardy

By Tom Baker /

10. Frank Grillo

This one is dependant on how flexible Grillo's contract with Marvel is €“ and it's possibly about as malleable as The Thing €“ but thanks to his appearance as sorta-villain Crossbones in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and a starring role in surprise hit sequel The Purge: Anarchy, he's a rising star whose got the right look and track record for a Rick Flag type. Previously making his name on television as hard-bitten characters in the likes of Prison Break and The Shield, Grillo is a little older than Hardy €“ 49 to the younger actor's 37 €“ but depending on how Flag is being characterised, that could be work. He's the cranky leader keeping everyone on the straight and narrow! A cranky elder who can nonetheless handle himself in a fight. Besides the obvious action scenes in The Purge and The Winter Soldier, Grillo also appeared alongside Hardy in superior MMA drama Warrior, and he was no shrinking violet there either.