Its meteoric rise has caught some by surprise, including the movie’s director, David Ayer.
The amount of pressure on Suicide Squad may be greater now than it was at the start of the year, but it wasn’t always going to be able to coast under the radar.
Ayer was praised as a great hire by DC, making a name for himself as a director with End of Watch and Fury in recent years.
“Two years ago Suicide Squad was a tertiary [DC property].