In an interview with VanityFair, Manganiello revealed that there was an early version of James Gunn’s upcoming The Suicide Squad that had Deathstroke fighting it out with Will Smith’s Deadshot.
Unfortunately, Deadshot was removed from The Suicide Squad after Gunn started work on his version of the movie, and Will Smith’s place is now said to have been taken by Idris Elba in the role of Bloodsport.
In David Ayer’s original Suicide Squad, Smith’s Deadshot was the closest thing to the central hero of the story.
“There was incarnation after incarnation of Suicide II, involving me versus [Will Smith’s character] Deadshot.