10 Movie Characters Killed In Reshoots
2. El Diablo - Suicide Squad
It's no secret at all what a mess Suicide Squad's production was, with Warner Bros. heavily tinkering with the ensemble superhero epic during post-production.
Of the many head-scratching decisions made in post, though, the oddest might be killing off one of the more likeable and interesting lower-tier Squad members, El Diablo (Jay Hernandez).
Diablo perishes in the final battle against Incubus (Alain Chanoine) and his sister Enchantress (Cara Delevingne), sacrificing himself to keep Incubus in place when a bomb explodes, annihilating them both.
But back in 2020, director David Ayer confirmed on Twitter that Diablo originally survived the climax and his death was consequently added in reshoots.
Considering Diablo's tricky, intriguing character arc - having accidentally killed his family by losing control of his pyrokinetic powers - defeating Incubus could've been a much-needed moment of redemption for him.
And yet evidently somebody - whether Ayer or Warner Bros. - felt he needed to die for his prior sins. It's just one of Suicide Squad's many, many mistakes.