Jared Leto Fans Upset He Isn’t In The Suicide Squad

The Suicide Squad director James Gunn has released the official cast list for the film, which includes two dozen names, but does not include Jared Leto, who played a key role as The Joker in the first film (from director David Ayer). There had been reports that Leto was done as The Joker for some time, and some rumors that he would not appear in a film directed by Gunn, who had previously put him on blast publicly for alleged improper behavior. All of that, combined with an upcoming Joker movie that has nothing to do with Leto and a Birds of Prey film that seemingly shows Harley Quinn severing ties with the villain, had most people pretty convinced he would not be in The Suicide Squad.

Of course, Leto’s most ardent fans aren’t “most people,” and had been holding out hope that the actor might return, especially since there’s a decent segment of the audience that seems to think Gunn will turn out a movie more likely to impress critics and audiences than Ayer’s did.

We scoured some of the comments on Gunn’s announcement and elsewhere on Twitter to come up with some of the responses to Leto/Joker’s absence from the film, and here’s what we found…

Not quite sure what’s up yet

The comments started right under Gunn’s cast announcement, with a few people who weren’t bent out of shape about it, but just genuinely curious…

SMFH

Heart and soul

Nope

Some people had a short, simple take.

Desperation

A harsh appraisal

Callback humor is always good

Offering a creative solution

Not everybody is entirely upset — in fact, here: this person offers a solution for the issue.

But The Joker, Right?

Then there was a variant: maybe Leto’s absence is OK, but you DEFINITELY need The Joker.

I’m Out

…And of course, there’s ComicBook.com’s own distinguished Brandon Davis, whose take is, basically, that Leto wanted out: