'Suicide Squad' Release Date, Cast News: Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Scott Eastwood and Others Join
More supervillains are joining the "Suicide Squad" line-up. Three more actors will join the cast to play three more villains who will appear in the film.
According to The Wrap, "Lost" actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is joining the cast to play Killer Croc in the upcoming DC movie. Killer Croc is an enemy of Batman and is considered a supervillain. He is known to have a massive physique and a reptilian appearance because of a medical condition called epidermolytic hyperkeratosis, which causes his crocodile-like appearance. Akinnuoye-Agbaje has not confirmed the report, neither has Warner Bros.
Raymond Olubowale, a boxer, was said to have been cast as King Shark, according to a report in Latino Review. He expressed his delight to join the cast. His exact role in the movie is unconfirmed however. King Shark in the comics is a humanoid shark.
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Clint Eastwood's son Scott Eastwood confirmed to Forbes that he is joining the cast as well. One rumor going around is that he will play the role of Steve Trevor, who is said to be the love interest of Wonder Woman in the comics.
Another confirmed casting is Karen Fukuhara. Although there is no official word yet on her role, the Latino Review says that she may play a minor supervillain role, that of Plastique. She is known for her ability to project explosive force outward from her body.
They join the rest of the cast members who were earlier confirmed: Jared Leto as the Joker, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Will Smith as Deadshot, Cara Delevigne as Enchantress, Jay Hernandez as El Diablo, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller and Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg.
The "Suicide Squad" is a fictional group of imprisoned supervillains in DC Comics who were put together by government to become "deniable" government assets and conduct special high risk and covert operations in exchange for pardon.
The film is being directed by David Ayer and will be released on August 5, 2016. It comes just a few months after another DC Comics movie "Batman vs. Superman," which will be released in March 2016.
