Suicide Squad cast have harsh words for critics at UK premiere: 'Kiss my ass'
David Ayer's gang insist they 'made it for the hardcore DC fans'
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Your support makes all the difference.Suicide Squad might have taken a critical bashing before hitting UK cinemas on Friday but the cast are defending their supervillain movie to the hilt.
Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Will Smith, Cara Delevingne and co rocked up in their glad rags for the film’s European premiere in London on Wednesday night, and they had some firm words for the writers who panned their performances.
“The critics can kiss my ass,” said Jay Hernandez, who plays El Diablo. “It’s weird that some of the criticism I heard was that it was ‘too much like a comic book’, in terms of you have these characters being objectified like Harley Quinn, there are just certain elements that are just part of being a comic book. If you’re trying to portray that on film, you have to stay true to that, because if you don’t, the fans of the comics are going to be offended.”
The actor did admit, however, that he was “bothered” by the negative reviews. “I think it sucks, obviously we worked hard and tried to give the fans what they wanted,” he told Digital Spy.
Joel Kinnaman and Karen Fukuhara, who play Squad leader Rick Flag and assassin Katana respectively, also chimed in, adding that the cast made the film “for the hardcore DC fans”.
“Of course you want critical acclaim, of course, but what matters is what the fans think,” Kinnaman said. “We’re really proud of this film, we loved making it, everybody on the film has become really close friends and this is like a work of love and I hope the fans like it.”
The fans will cast their own verdicts when Suicide Squad arrives in UK cinemas on 5 August.
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