An anonymous Comic-Con visitor leaked a bootlegged Suicide Squad trailer over the weekend after it was shown at the Warner Bros. panel in San Diego. Luckily, Warner Bros responded by posting the proper HD version -- and the reaction has been highly favorable.
The trailer ends with an eerie first peek at Jared Leto's turn as the Joker. But it also features Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Will Smith as Deadshot, and Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, the agent bringing them all together for some dangerous black ops missions.
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It's safe to say that fans are pretty excited about seeing the anti-heroic squad in action. Initial reactions were quite positive, with everyone from Silicon Valley's Kumail Nanjiani to Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance adding their two cents:
That Suicide Squad trailer is kinda friggin' awesome.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) July 13, 2015
Boi the Suicide Squad trailer was so good for a first trailer. Harley Quinn and Joker oh myyyyyyy
— Nathan Zed (@TheThirdPew) July 13, 2015
Wasn't feeling Leto's Joker until this: http://t.co/9y8ZCtrn2s !!!!
— Dallon Weekes (@DallonWeekes) July 13, 2015
That Suicide Squad trailer looks sick as f. Harley may be my favorite. There's also not a shred of Jared in the Joker- total chameleon
— goth claudia (@gerardway) July 13, 2015
Not only that, it's inspired pretty visceral reactions in us all:
*watches new suicide squad trailer* *smears makeup all over face*
— Solanah (@solanah) July 13, 2015
Of course, trailer just isn't a trailer without a little speculation:
It looks like Harley is the one the Joker is speaking to at the end of the trailer. Anyone else agree? #SuicideSquad pic.twitter.com/xETqBS1FEq — SuicideSquad Updates (@SuicideSquadHQ) July 13, 2015
Some people have already drawn some apt comparisons...
So far, what I can hear, is that @JaredLeto's Joker sounds just like Heath Ledger's. Suicide Squad #Batman #SuicideSquad — The Chaz (@cal_moon) July 13, 2015
... while others were just as quick to shut it down.
Stop comparing Jared Leto's Joker to Heath Ledger's Joker. Stop comparing Jared Leto's Joker to Heath Ledger's Joker. Stop. Just don't. — ⠀⠀⠀⠀ (@KayEatsMonsters) July 13, 2015
Suicide Squad should have just left the joker out because no one can, or ever will be Heath Ledger, especially not Jared Leto with a grill. — Juicy J ♛ (@JadynCastro) July 13, 2015
Meanwhile, some have zeroed in on another scene-stealer:
So, SUICIDE SQUAD looks as if it's a love letter to Margot Robbie and I am 110% ok with that. — brittany alyse (@britalyse) July 13, 2015
i want margot robbie to beat me to death w/ harley's bat so i don't have to go watch suicide squad just for her — mina (@steelthorns) July 13, 2015
no offense but margot robbie as harley quinn is the best thing to ever happen to this awful world — alyssa (@mickmiIkovich) July 13, 2015
Others, still, have pointed out that Deadshot is essentially Will Smith as Will Smith:
Is Will Smith playing a DC villain in Suicide Squad or is he just playing himself — Monica Ray (@montiray) July 13, 2015
"We've assembled all the most unhinged bad guys....Harliquinn, Captain Boomerang, Enchantress....and Will Smith" — TheRealNickSumida (@nsumida) July 13, 2015
@casspentaghasts Joker and Will Smith playing himself again are the only things that I'm not sold on. — $10 THRILL (@meteo_drive) July 13, 2015
But mostly, everyone bowed down to Viola Davis.
Re: Suicide Squad. Can we take a moment to marvel at how well Viola Davis sells a character who can plausibly keep those maniacs on a leash? — Zack Stentz (@MuseZack) July 13, 2015
viola davis as a morally ambiguous anti-hero is honestly all i wanted and needed — black frances ha (@imbobswaget) July 13, 2015
god viola davis is the perfect choice for amanda waller shes such a great actress she WILL nail that role perfectly — connor walsh rawan (@DADFLECK) July 13, 2015