10 Movie Characters Who Were SHAFTED In 2021
5. The Joker - The Suicide Squad
Though 2021 did actually see the stunning return of one of the most fan-splitting Jokers ever to keep The Dark Knight on his toes, Jared Leto's Clown Prince of Crime still managed to find himself being shunted from another exciting DC property all the same.
With Leto's Mr. J first arriving in the DCEU during 2016's Suicide Squad, the likelihood of another appearance in the follow-up seemed to be not entirely out of the question. That was until James Gunn decided to party on without the tin-toothed chuckler and focus on other characters he felt were worth pursuing more than yet another run for the rather over-exposed arch-nemesis of The Bat.
As Gunn put it himself when talking to Comicbook:
"There's all sorts of other characters I'm interested in doing. Joker isn't really one of them. He's been done well so many times by so many people. I am much more interested in taking characters who haven't fully had their shot, or people who I (connect with)."
It remains to be seen whether Leto will "live in a society" within the DCEU again, but any chances of another Suicide Squad showing under Gunn appear to have thoroughly gone up in green and purple smoke.