'Suicide Squad' News – Film Gets PG-13 Rating, Jared Leto Got Into Character By Being Called 'Mr. J'
The film "Suicide Squad," where the villains are the heroes, will follow "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice" and has Jared Leto portraying The Joker. Will he be able to do justice to the role? The other news is that the movie has gotten a PG–13 rating. Is it a good or a bad thing?
Viewers will recall the splendid performance of Heath Ledger as The Joker in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" for which he garnered an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, posthumously. Everybody agreed that that was Heath Ledger's finest performance.
Jared Leto knows what he is up against. He knows that whatever he does will be judged against Ledger's iconic performance. So Jared has delved deep into himself to bring out a mind-blowing performance as The Joker in "Suicide Squad."
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Reports from the sets say that Leto was so serious, he wanted everybody to address him as "Mr. J." Many didn't take it seriously as Leto is known for his quirky antics that have previously created controversies.
He had famously sent a rat to Margot Robbie. Furthermore, he had sent some bullets to Will Smith. Then he had also given a video to the cast of "Suicide Squad" that had him and a dead hog in it.
Atlas Entertainment founder and producer Charles Roven, also the producer of "Suicide Squad," says that this was actually great fun. While talking to Collidr, Roven said, "Look, you know, it was different, it was fun. The group first wasn't sure because the AD's had to call him 'Mr. J' to get him to come to the set. And he did in many ways isolate himself from the rest of the group, but that's really what his character was, the purpose of his character in many ways, other than when he was with Harley or trying to get Harley."
He further added that this was in good fun and the actors of the film bonded well.
On the issue of "Suicide Squad" getting a PG-13 rating in spite of it being a film that tells the story from the villains' view point, Roven told Collidr that the plan was to make all DC Cinematic Universe movies get a PG-13 rating.
"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" will also have Jared Leto starring as The Joker in a cameo and it comes out on Mar. 25 2016. "Suicide Squad" will follow and release on Aug. 5, 2016.
