Will Smith Pitches Deadshot Taking Over For Batman In A Batman Movie

Could Deadshot be popular enough to support his own feature film?Not long ago, most people [...]

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Could Deadshot be popular enough to support his own feature film?

Not long ago, most people probably would have said no...but with Will Smith in the role and Suicide Squad blowing people's minds with each new trailer, it seems like the sky's the limit for a character who was, not long ago, little more than a recurring villain on Arrow.

Instead of a Suicide Squad spinoff, though, Will Smith joked that he'd like to see Deadshot take over for Batman while he's injured.

"There was one of the comics when Bruce Wayne got injured and I think Deadshot for a couple of them came in and he had to throw on the Batsuit," Smith told MTV in a video you can see embedded below. "So I'm just saying: if they're going to draw on that, I wouldn't reject it....I'm a team player."

The first appearance of Deadshot, in a 1950 issue of Batman, was titled "The Man Who Replaced Batman."

Smith also showed off his "Batman growl," which you can check out here:

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Suicide Squad hits theaters August 5, 2016.

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