The Suicide Squad 2 Cast

Check Out the New and Returning Stars Gearing Up For James Gunn's Suicide Squad Sequel

Sep 17 2019 by Mekishana Pierre

Production on James Gunn's follow-up to the bad-guy epic Suicide Squad is officially underway and and even more stars have been added to the cast. Though originally believed to be a reboot, the impending sequel will be a continuation that features familiar faces while also introducing new characters to carry on the franchise. While Will Smith won't be in the sequel due to scheduling conflicts, his exit did make way for Idris Elba to step in as a new character, so we're not too mad about it! Keep reading to check out the lineup of characters that are officially showing up in The Suicide Squad so far.

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Viola Davis as Amanda Waller

Davis will return as the brains behind Task Force X, aka the Suicide Squad. Squad members may come and go, but Waller will always be back to command her rowdy pack of deviants to do her bidding.

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Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn

The Suicide Squad will be Robbie's third time playing Harley Quinn, following her standalone film, Birds of Prey.

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Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang

Digger Harkness, a.k.a. Captain Boomerang, is back folks! Courtney will reprise his role as the disruptive, boomerang flinging member once again.

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Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag

Kinnaman will return to bring back Waller's right-hand man, who ensures the Squad behave themselves and constantly reminds them that he's capable of detonating the micro bombs implanted inside them.

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Idris Elba

Elba originally signed on to replace Smith as Deadshot, but in the interest of leaving Smith the opportunity to return to the franchise in the future, he's been given a mysterious new character that no one knows about!

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John Cena

Cena has been rumoured to portray Peacemaker, an agent of peace with an extremist form of pacifism that makes him love peace so much, he would kill for it.

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David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man

The Ant-Man star will play the comic book villain Polka-Dot Man, also known as Abner Krill, a low-level crook who is aptly named for his spot-themed crimes.

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Storm Reid

Reid joins the cast as the daughter of Elba's mysterious character. Curious minds wonder if her character will feature in a similar role as Deadshot's daughter in the first film, aka as leverage over her father.

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Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher

Variety reports that the Portuguese actress will star as the gender-swapped Batman villain, Ratcatcher. While the name pretty much tells the whole story, the villain is known for the ability to communicate with and train rats, often resorting to unleashing hordes of the vermin. (Every New Yorker's worst nightmare.)

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