Tom Hardy Nearly Starred in a Flop Dceu Movie—but One Role Saved His Career

Tom Hardy was almost part of the Dceu when he was considered for the role of Rick Flag in Suicide Squad (2016). The Oscar-nominated actor was set to join the film but had to step away due to scheduling conflicts. Joel Kinnaman eventually played Rick Flag instead.

Hardy later explained that his commitments to Alejandro González Iñárritu’s historical drama The Revenant made it impossible to film Suicide Squad. “[The Revenant] overshot by three months, and the production turned into a much bigger beast than we thought,” Hardy said during the media tour for Mad Max: Fury Road.

While he regretted missing the chance to work on David Ayer’s script,…