DC Fandome 2020: Idris Elba Confirmed As Bloodsport in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad
Earlier this morning Splashreport broke the news that Idris Elba will be playing the role of Bloodsport in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad aka Suicide Squad 2 and now during DC Fandome, the director himself confirmed the news.
In the comics, Bloodsport is most associated with Lex Luther and Superman.
A follow-up to the 2016 hit film "Suicide Squad." - James Gunn to write & direct the sequel, which will reportedly be a different take on the characters and not a direct follow-up.
The Suicide Squad cast includes: John Cena, Jai Courtney, Joaquín Cosío, Joel Kinnaman, Maylin Ng, Flula Borg, Juan Deigo Botto, Storm Reid, Pete Davidson, Taika Waititi, Alice Brage, Tinashe Kajese, Daniela Melchior, Peter Capaldi, Julio Ruiz, Jennifer Holland, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, and Margot Robbie.
Davis, Robbie, Courtney, and Kinnaman will all play the same roles they had in the 2016 film, reprising as Amanda Waller, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, and Rick Flag, respectively. The cast is also stacked with other James Gunn alums like David Dastmalchian, Nathan Fillion, Sean Gunn, Steve Agee, and Michael Rooker, plus fellow Marvel creatives like Taika Waititi.
When asked how he trained for the role, Elba stated, “I am a sports fan. I am a fan of all sports, but I played basketball, football, cricket hockey as a kid. And then as an adult, I did kickboxing a little bit and when I was training for this film, because there was a lot of work that we had to do, I basically didn't do a sport. I did a general training package, which was more centered around my kickboxing training. So there's lots of circuits that sort of, you know, cardio, a little bit of weight training to get those big muscles up. And essentially working on that particular film. The work weight was so high. We were training every day on the job. So that's me.”
The movie is written and directed by Gunn. Chuck Roven and Peter Safran will serve as producers. Nik Korda is executive producing the movie.
The Suicide Squad will hit theaters on August 6, 2021.