Suicide Squad: 10 Actors Who Could Replace Tom Hardy

5. Joel Edgerton

Speaking of Animal Kingdom, Joel Edgerton's been working in Hollywood for a good long while, but came to prominence thanks to his involvement in that superior Australian crime film. Since then he starred alongside Hardy in Warrior as his fellow MMA fighter, ably holding his own, acting and physique-wise. Despite also having a couple of years on Hardy as well, his career seems to be in much the same place. He had celebrated roles in Zero Dark Thirty and The Great Gatsby, and recently got upgraded to near-leading man status in Ridley Scott's Exodus: Gods And Kings. Edgerton just seems right for the role of Rick Flag. He's a phenomenally talented actor, again awaiting that big part that will tip him over into being a truly big name, who would do a sterling job as the conflicted, somewhat bitter Suicide Squad leader who could easily go off the deep end at any minute.