Joel Kinnaman (R) inSuicide Squad(2016).Photo: Warner Bros. / Everett
Joel Kinnamanis excited about his next step inThe Suicide Squad, but he admits the original movie didn’t quite live up to his expectations.
The actor — who played Rick Flagg inSuicide Squadand reprises his role as the military leader in the upcoming new installment — said in a recent interview withVarietythat while he “thought the first 40 minutes of the [first] film,” released in 2016, were “f—ing great,” the rest was a bit of a mix.
“There were conflicting visions and it just didn’t end up being what we all hoped it was. It didn’t feel like the movie that we hoped we were going to make,” said Kinnaman, 41, adding ofThe Suicide Squad, “and this is something very different.”
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Kinnaman said in his interview withVarietythat the new movie is “a different universe” — one that is “a very hilarious and depraved place.”
“Itjust takes it to another level. It’s an insane film,” he said. “At the same time, it was very much the movie that I thought it was going to be because the vision was so clear from the beginning. While we were shooting it, it was so clear what we were doing.”
The actor praisedThe Suicide Squadfor its “drive,” “comedic timing” and flow, adding, “And I felt like it really transcended the genre,and it became something bigger.”
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“I was excited [for] an opportunity to be able to doThe Suicide Squadin the way it could be done from my point of view,” headded at the time.
Producer Peter Safran gave his take on the new movie, as well. “This one is completely unique,” he said. “This is a gritty 1970s war movie combined with the grittiness of James Gunn’s characters and comedy.”
The Suicide Squadpremieres Aug. 6 in theaters and on HBO Max.
source: people.com
