Suicide Squad: Every known deleted scene featuring the Joker

Jared Leto was right, a lot was cut out

Before the release of Suicide Squad, there was a huge amount of excitement surrounding the villainous team-up film, so much so that - despite overwhelmingly negative reviews - the film grossed huge amounts opening weekend.

Some fans, however, have been left a little disappointed by the lack of Joker in the film; whereas promotional material painted him as one of the main characters, Jared Leto’s villain was barely in the film at all.

In interviews since, the actor has gone on record saying various scenes got cut, so many in fact that an entire Joker film could be made from cut footage.

A list of deleted scenes has since been shared across the internet, many of which revolve around the Joker.

Most noticeably, an “extended scene of Joker interrogating Captain Griggs, including the line, ‘I can’t wait to show you my toys,’ was removed from the movie.” This scene was used in almost all promotional material but failed to materialise in the film.

Another deleted scene saw “Joker and his men escaping after shooting up a restaurant. Harley, who is already affiliated with the Joker, follows them on a motorcycle and intercepts their car. Joker bangs his head against the glass in frustration.

“Joker and Harley then get into a fight, which ends with Harley pointing a gun at Joker’s face. Joker sweet-talks Harley into lowering the gun, charming her, then backhands her across the face. Afterwards, he sweet-talks her again, and they kiss.”

According to the report, the scene in which Harley jumps into the chemicals, the Batmobile chase, and the Joker breaking into the nano-bomb facility all have extended cuts, many scenes from which can be seen in the trailers.

There are also notes on how the filmmakers “repaint the Joker’s relationship with Harley as more loving rather than abusive,” fitting in with reports the entire helicopter sequence was redone.

“Joker and Harley get into an argument after he rescues her in the hijacked helicopter. In early cuts he reportedly pushes her out to kill her, then the helicopter gets shot down. This was apparently reworked into the helicopter getting shot down first and Joker pushing her out to save her.”

Finally, and perhaps most prominently, towards the end of the film, the Joker was supposed to appear after the helicopter crash, grenade in hand with a burnt face. This is seen in the third trailer, as Leto’s villain runs away from the group, dropping a grenade saying “bye bye”.

The analysis reads: “Joker returns during the final battle in the subway station, face half-burnt from the helicopter crash, which apparently leads to a brief altercation with the Squad. He calls for Harley to escape with him but she refuses for once in order to help her friends, and the Joker escapes after throwing a live grenade at the group to cover his own escape.”

Whether these scenes will surface in an extended “Joker Cut”, who can say. Batman v Superman received an “Ultimate Edition” which fixed many of that film’s problems, so perhaps Warner Bros. are waiting for then.

Meanwhile, one fan is attempting to sue the studio for misleading them on the amount Joker would feature in the film.