15 Best Performances In The DCEU (So Far)

2. Margot Robbie - Harley Quinn

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Margot Robbie IS Harley Quinn.

A perfect piece of casting if there ever was one, Robbie is hilarious, maniacal and fiendishly fun to watch as Quinn. Even though Harley Quinn is morally questionable, it's pretty much impossible not to love her thanks to how much Robbie owns the role.

As well as this, a particularly great nuance to the performance is that Robbie plays Quinn with a sense of childlike innocence and subtle warmth that ensures she never feels straightforwardly awful. As a result, her nicer moments always feel entirely believable.

By far and away, Robbie is one of the DCEU's big stars and it's a foregone conclusion that, if she's playing Quinn in a DCEU film, then it will be elevated by her presence alone.

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Film Studies graduate, aspiring screenwriter and all-around nerd who, despite being a pretentious cinephile who loves art-house movies, also loves modern blockbusters and would rather watch superhero movies than classic Hollywood films. Once met Tommy Wiseau.