Suicide Squad Director Explains Why Diversity is Important

A recent UCLA study found that movies with diverse casts perform better at the box office, with one example being the hugely lucrative Fast and Furious franchise.

upcoming DC Extended Universe entry Suicide Squad features an eclectic mix of characters, thrown together because of the one thing they all have in common: they’re bad guys.

Likewise, there have been a number of high-profile cases of movies with “whitewashed” casts that performed very poorly at the box office.