“Suicide Squad” is currently undergoing some reshoots ahead of its August release, and it was reported by BMD that the purpose of the reshoots is to add more humor and make the movie funnier. Jai Courtney is playing Captain Boomerang in the film, and he recently sat down with Entertainment Tonight to talk about the reshoots.
According to Courtney the movie is all set in the humor department, and the reshoots will be adding more action to the film.
“I think there’s plenty of that in it.” Courtney said. “I wouldn’t say we’re going back to make it funnier. There’s some additional action stuff that we’ve been doing, which is pretty dope. Really we’re just kind of adding in that sense.”
He also admitted that he had some reservations about taking on the role of Captain Boomerang due to some of the source material.
“It’s just that the genesis of that character was like really camp, like 60s comics. You read that old material and he’s racist. It’s a cliche, like, old Aussie stereotype. There were just certain things that I couldn’t say and be proud of it as an Australian.” Courtney added.
You can check out the full interview in the clip below.
It feels good to be bad…Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren’t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself?
“Suicide Squad” is set to hit theaters in August 5, 2016.
