Of course, this won’t be Idris Elba’s first time lending his talents to the comic book genre.
Heimdall was killed at the beginning of Avengers: Infinity War, and unlike the character’s who were turned to dust by Thanos at the end of that movie, there hasn’t been an expectation that the Asgardian warrior will be resurrected during Avengers: Endgame.
So with his work in the MCU apparently done, Elba is free to move to the DCEU and take over as Deadshot, one of the Suicide Squad’s most frequent members in the comics.
Along with appearing as Moreau in 2011’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, he played Heimdall, the all-seeing sentry of Asgard, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.