Suicide Squad: EVERYTHING you need to know about the 11 main characters
SUICIDE SQUAD hits UK cinemas this weekend and we have all the gory details on Jared Leto’s Joker, Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, Will Smiths’s Deadshot, Cara Delevingne’s Enchantress and the rest.
Suicide Squad will hit cinemas August 5
SUICIDE SQUAD - Official 'Harley Quinn' Trailer
Name: Harleen Frances Quinzel
A.K.A: Harley Quinn
Actor: Margot Robbie
Skill(s): Immune to poisons, marksmanship, unarmed combat, weapon master
Description: An Arkham Asylum psychiatrist who fell in love with the Joker and became his right-hand woman.
Thanks to a potion given to her from her friend Poison Ivy, her strength has been enhanced as well as her speed and agility.
It also made her immune to toxins, and gave her a small healing factor.
Name: Floyd Lawton
A.K.A: Deadshot
Actor: Will Smith
Skill(s): Marksmanship, super sight, weapon master
Description: He’s known as one of the greatest assassins in the world. After accidentally killing his brother in an attempt to kill his abusive father, he swore he would never again miss a shot and started training as a sharpshooter.
He joined the Marines, then spent some time with the League of Assassins and then started to seek independent employment as a mercenary and assassin.
Suicide Squad – Official 'Deadshot' trailer
Name: George “Digger” Harkness
A.K.A: Captain Boomerang
Actor: Jai Courtney
Skill(s): Marksmanship, weapon master
Captain Boomerang is the arch nemesis of the Flash
Description: Son of an American toy maker, George was raised in poverty in a small town in Australia.
His stepfather hated him and made his life miserable. One day, George made a boomerang and discovered that he was very skilled with it. He got into a lot of mischief and got kicked out of the house by his stepfather when he found out that he robbed a general store.
His mother gave him a plane ticket to Central City and told his to contact his real father. When he found him, he saw that he was looking for a spokesman for his new toy, a boomerang.
Under the name George Green, George auditioned, got the part and became Captain Boomerang.
Killer Croc returned to crime once the circus he was in had shut down
Name: Waylon Jones
A.K.A: Killer Croc
Actor: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Skill(s): Adaptive, super senses, healing
Description: Born with a condition that gave him reptile skin, sharp claws and teeth, Waylon Jones was bullied as a youngster and spent 8 years in reform school after attempting to kill one of his tormentors.
He joined the circus as a wrestler named Killer Croc but when it shut down, he turned to crime once again.
From modelling to movies: Ms Delevingne has starred in four movies in the last year
Name: June Moone
A.K.A: Enchantress
Actor: Cara Delevingne
Skill(s): Magic
Description: June Moone, who was once a normal teenage girl, became possessed by the witch Enchantress as she was exploring the Terror Castle.
Her powers as Enchantress include the ability to teleport, healing, telepathy, controlling elements and flying.
Suicide Squad – Official 'Joker' trailer
Name: Unknown
A.K.A: The Joker
Actor: Jared Leto
Skill(s): Escape artist, marksmanship, unarmed combat, weapon master
Description: The arch nemesis of Batman whose past and true intentions we know absolutely nothing about.
He’s immune to poison due to prolonged exposure to chemicals and has a high tolerance for pain.
He’s also immune to fear and sees everything as a joke because of his mental state.
Katana's mystic sword contains the souls of every person she's ever killed
Name: Tatsu Yamashiro
A.K.A: Katana
Actor: Karen Fukuhara
Skill(s): Swordsmanship, necromancy, unarmed combat
Description: A remarkable Samurai with a mystic sword called The Soul Taker. This sword contains the souls of every person she’s ever killed and she can communicate with these souls.
She’s been skilled in martial arts from a young age, but started training as a Samurai when she lost everyone she cared about: her parents (for reasons unknown), her husband (who was murdered by his brother) and her 2 children (who died in a fire).
El Diable attacked a rival gang who refused to give him drugs by setting their home on fire
Name: Chato Santana
A.K.A: El Diablo
Actor: Jay Hernandez
Skill(s): Fire control, heat generation
Description: Once a ruthless and powerful leader of a gang in LA, Chato Santana had gained his fire powers following an encounter with Lazarus Lane (the first El Diablo).
When a rival gang sold drugs on his turf and refused to give him a cut, Chato attacked them by setting their home ablaze.
Entering the building, he found that along with the gangsters, innocent women and children had died. He was distraught and so he allowed himself to be arrested.
Doused in supremely adhesive chemicals developed by himself, these ropes are nigh unbreakable
Name: Christopher Weiss
A.K.A: Slipknot
Actor: Adam Beach
Skill(s): Unarmed combat, weapon master, stealth
Description: After developing a powerful chemical that allowed ropes to become stronger than metal, Christopher Weiss used those ropes to pursue a life of crime.
He fought Firestorm and then got put into custody by the Government.
Rick Flag is an elite soldier, government agent and leader of the first Suicide Squad
Name: Richard Rogers Flag
A.K.A: Rick Flag
Actor: Joel Kinnaman
Skill(s): Leadership, marksmanship, unarmed combat, weapon master
Description: Rick Flag is an elite soldier, government agent and leader of the first Suicide Squad.
Amanda Waller enlisted him when she started a new Suicide Squad using super-villains. He is their field commander, and he accompanies them on all covert ops missions.
Waller revived the Suicide Squad under her own direction after finding old Task Force X files
Name: Amanda Blake Waller
A.K.A: Amanda Waller
Actor: Viola Davis
Skill(s): Intellect, leadership, tracking
Suicide Squad – 'Puppet Master' - trailer
Description: At 18, Amanda married 20-year-old Joseph Waller and they had 5 children together.
When her husband and two of her children were killed, Amanda worked hard to put all her children through college.
She then enrolled herself and graduated with a political science degree. After this she became campaign director for democratic congressional candidate Marvin Collins. With her help, he won and took her to Washington as his aide.
Here Amanda discovered the old Task Force X files while searching through old bills, and asked to revive the Suicide Squad under her direction.
Suicide Squad is out in UK cinemas on August 5.
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