Exclusive: Will Smith Reveals How David Ayer Convinced Him to Join ‘Suicide Squad’

When casting rumors began floating about writer/director David Ayer’s DC Comics adaptation Suicide Squad, it seemed too good to be true. Will Smith, Tom Hardy, and Margot Robbie felt like Warner Bros. wishlist casting, so surely they wouldn’t get these exact actors to star in the film. But with the exception of Hardy, who had to drop out over scheduling conflicts with The Revenant, the casting that was rumored actually became a reality, as Ayer assembled a top-notch A-list ensemble for this movie about a te