Suicide Squad Co-Star Recounts Jared Leto's Joker Kissing Him
In December 2015, eight months before the film's release, Ike Barinholtz (The Mindy Project, [...]
In December 2015, eight months before the film's release, Ike Barinholtz (The Mindy Project, MADtv) was a guest on The Howard Stern Show and shared some stories about Jared Leto's method acting on the set of Suicide Squad, as well as the Joker-like gifts he sent to his co-stars -- like a box containing with a big, live rat to Margot Robbie and having a bullet-riddled pig dropped off during rehearsals.
Barinholtz recently dropped by The Howard Stern Show again and was asked to divulge more details about Leto's behind-the-scenes antics and unorthodox approach to acting.
"It was a very fun movie to work on ... He was in character the whole time," said Barinholtz (via New Zealand Herald), who portrayed the creepy and scummy Officer Griggs. "At first I was like, 'That's lame.' But then you think about it, and like, I want the Joker to be in character."
Barinholtz was caught off guard when Leto went off script during their interrogation scene. "I do this scene with Jared Leto and he's supposed to be intimidating me," he recalled. "He comes in, he's the Joker, and he starts squeezing my t-ts. He's like [panting and moaning] 'You're a big guy.' This is while we're filming. Then he f--king grabs me and kisses me. On the mouth, full kisses me. Cameras were rolling and none of this was in the script, mind you. I thought, 'OK, I'm just gonna go with it.' But then he's like, [panting and moaning again] 'Did someone piss their pants?' I'm like, 'Now I did because you said I did!'"
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Assemble a team of the world's most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government's disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren't picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it's every man for himself?
Written and directed by David Ayer, the film starred Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, and Viola Davis. The cast also included Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Scott Eastwood, Cara Delevingne, Adam Beach, and Karen Fukuhara in her feature film debut.
