Suicide Squad: 10 Actors Who Could Replace Tom Hardy

6. Guy Pearce

Again, if you're going to go for an older actor to play Rick Flag, you may as well do it right. Pearce is currently also flying high off of a villainous turn in a superhero film, having played central antagonist Aldrich Killian in Iron Man 3. Thankfully he definitely isn't locked into a multi-film deal with Marvel, which means he's all freed up to appear in Suicide Squad. Hooray! Pearce's career trajectory is a little unpredictable. It looked like he was being tipped for big things off the back of acclaimed performances in LA Confidential and Memento, but he never quite capitalised on the hype. Instead he stepped back, returning to Australia and doing neat stuff like The Proposition and Animal Kingdom. Now he appears to be back on the map in a big way, with not only his turn in Iron Man 3 but briefs appearance in Prometheus, The King's Speech and The Road proving he's a diverse, talented actor whose face audiences know. Plus Jack Irish is pretty much Rick Flag with a different accent.