What is it with the Suicide Squad cast acting like the characters they are portraying? First it was Jared Leto going all psycho in order to play The Joker and now it’s Viola Davis laying down the law on set, much like her onscreen counterpart, Amanda Waller.
It’s been well documented that Jared Leto has been acting more than a little crazy whilst working on DC’s latest Superhero entry, Suicide Squad, going so far as to send dead animals and used condoms to his co-stars. But there is one member of the cast he won’t mess with….Viola Davis. Whilst at the TriBeCa film festival, Davis was asked by E! what she thought of Leto’s antics behind the scenes, to which the Emmy winning actress revealed:
“I did not receive any personally, or else I would have gotten my husband, who was called ‘headache ball’ back in the day when he played football. And I would have said, ‘take care of The Joker.”
Her husband is former college footballer turned actor Julius Tennon.
It’s clear to see why she was chosen as the stern authority figure Waller, even if The Wall would have ‘sorted’ the problem herself as opposed to bringing the muscle in. You can see how the actors performances stack up when the film is released August 5th.
What do you think? Do you think she will make an imposing Waller? How would you react to one of Leto’s ‘gifts’? Let us know below!