David Ayer turns the page Suicide Squad, “one of the best superhero films of all time”

The director lets go of the matter concerning his editing of the still unpublished film, but talks about his “scars” and the injustice of the situation.

Last summer, David Ayer told how the reassembly of his Suicide Squad by Warner Bros. looked like “ watching someone you love get fucked by someone you hate “. Flowery expression to say to what extent the director took the cinema version as a betrayal. In a new interview with Hollywood Reporter granted for the American release of his new film, The Beekeeper (with Jason Statham, undated), Ayer was asked if the management of Warner Bros. at the time congratulated him for his professionalism during the promotion of Suicide Squad, where he never showed his disapproval. “ Absolutely not », replies the director.

“ And it was a long time ago. The studio has since gone through many leadership changes, and there was no malice or malice. Everyone wanted the same result, which was a great commercial film. The thing is, we didn’t agree on what that meant. What was difficult for me was that I made a great film. I made a great movie. Those who saw my edit thought, almost unanimously, that it was one of the best superhero films of all time. If anyone who has seen this montage disputes it, please come and talk to me. I was pilloried over and over again by the media, and again when other DC films came out afterward. But I didn’t say anything for years. Except I learned that nature abhors a vacuum and that if you don’t tell your story, then someone else will. This is totally unfair and I don’t know of a similar situation. It’s crazy. It’s a scar, a wound, and it cost me a lot. Particularly in my career, very unfairly. »

From now on David Ayer claims to have turned the page and no longer hopes for a release of this “Ayer Cut” of Suicide Squad. “ I understood the message well. It’s radio silence and I’m done pushing my rock up the mountain. I love directing, I love my job, I love working with actors. There are great places and great partners to work with. I just want to focus on being a good partner and making good films. »