10 Ways Suicide Squad Shows The DCEU Is Irreversibly F*cked

I can't imagine that Amy Adams or Ben Affleck are all too happy having to put their names to movies so consistently awful, or that they've then got to do the press tour with massive grins on their faces (Henry Cavill, on the other hand, is glad to just get the work), but there didn't appear to be any genuine love lost between actor and studio. The same can not be said about Suicide Squad.

Jared Leto looked positively deflated in interviews after his highly-publicised method process had resulted in a schizophrenic cameo, with most of his scenes cut, and you can bet he's going to be very hard to please when it comes to reprising the role down the line. And who can blame him? This isn't what he signed up for. The Malick comparisons (the director is famous for almost entirely exorcising primary performances, leading to frosty actor relationships) are apt; he didn't just lose scenes, but had the character changed.

Marvel actors tend to have nothing bad to say about their experience beyond awe at how small a cog they wind up being in the machine, even long after their contractual obligations would be over. It's likely the story will be rather different when the DCEU's wrapping up.