Margot Robbie is the DCEU's biggest star, and the likely lead of the next Suicide Squad.
Robbie's turn as Harley in the first film ended up being the best thing about it, while next year's Birds of Prey already looks stunning too. With that in mind, a Suicide Squad sequel without Quinn would've been an infinitely less enticing prospect than one with her, and it'll be interesting to see how the character winds back up with the Squad after the events of that film.
Of course, the first film ended with Quinn being broken out of Belle Reve by Jared Leto's Joker, who is absent from both Birds of Prey and Gunn's sequel. This'll mean Robbie will stick closer to the version of Harley seen after she broke ties with the Joker in the wake of the New 52, and given the reception to Leto's portrayal and the way the first film portrayed his relationship with Quinn, that can only be considered a good thing.
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The Suicide Squad hits theatres August 6 2021. Which characters do you think the new cast will play? Let us know in the comments below.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and the Golden Age of Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled.
