{"id":70428,"date":"2020-09-08T18:41:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T18:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/suicide-squad-director-james-gunn-bloodsport-idris-elba\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T18:41:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T18:41:36","slug":"the-suicide-squad-director-james-gunn-wrote-bloodsport-for-idris-elba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/09\/08\/the-suicide-squad-director-james-gunn-wrote-bloodsport-for-idris-elba\/","title":{"rendered":"The Suicide Squad Director James Gunn Wrote Bloodsport For Idris Elba"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Warner Bros. and DC’s\u00a0The Suicide Squad<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>will feature an ensemble cast that\u00a0includes Idris Elba in the role of\u00a0Robert DuBois, a.k.a. Bloodsport. Now, director James Gunn has confirmed that he wrote Bloodsport with Idris Elba in mind for the role.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before Elba’s role in The Suicide Squad<\/em> was officially announced at Warner Bros. DC FanDome event,\u00a0there were rumors he was originally going to take over the role of Deadshot<\/a> from Will Smith, who portrayed the character in David Ayer’s film about the supervillain team. According to the rumor,\u00a0The Suicide Squad<\/em> writer and director James Gunn later opted to\u00a0cast Elba as a new character in order to give Smith the option of reprising the role of Deadshot in the future. However, Gunn has seemingly debunked those rumors by revealing he specifically wrote the role of Bloodshot with Elba in mind\u00a0even before the two had met.<\/p>\n

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“I rarely write roles for actors I’ve never met, but I did exactly that for [Idris Elba] in The Suicide Squad & couldn’t be happier I did,” Gunn explained in a Twitter post celebrating the actor’s 48th birthday. The director of The Suicide Squad<\/em>\u00a0commended Elba for his performance as Bloodsport, saying, “you went beyond my expectation as an actor AND as a human being. I can’t wait for folks to see you as Bloodsport.” The photo featuring multiple cast members of The Suicide Squad<\/em>\u00a0included in Gunn’s post was taken during the virtual panel for the film<\/a> at Warner Bros.’ DC FanDome.<\/p>\n