Suicide Squad: 10 Reasons It Will Save The DC Cinematic Universe
8. Tom Hardys The Lead
Tom Hardy's one of those actors who just continues to keep getting bigger. On top of heading up some incredible smaller films such as Locke and The Drop - which if you haven't checked out yet you really should - he's made something of impact on the multiplexes, stealing the show in Inception and taking on some of cinema's biggest heroes; Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: Nemesis and Batman in The Dark Knight Rises. And, after headlining a blockbuster for the first time with Mad Max: Fury Road, it looks like he'll... be taking on Batman again?! OK, technically Rick Flag isn't a member of Bats' rogues gallery, but yeah, Hardy is going to be starring in another DC movie. Which is awesome. There's the obvious link to Bane here, but really what makes his casting so exciting is that it's an actor who can commit. Just look at how he went full-Welsh in Locke or full-frontal in Bronson - there's no contractual pressure for him to always come across as a suave Brit. And it's that commitment (which, say, Will Smith, doesn't quite embrace) that makes him such a delightful prospect as the lead. Rick Flag isn't in the New 52 reboot of the Suicide Squad, the version from which it's assumed this film (and the rest of the DC Cinematic Universe) will take inspiration, leaving it quite ambiguous to which of the numerous Flag's Hardy will be playing, but it's safe to say whatever angle he takes, it'll be a strong one.
