Suicide Squad director David Ayer recently responded to an online Joker/Harley Quinn theory regarding mysterious females, wearing red, who briefly appear in the background of some of Joker’s moments of emotional torment.
First, here’s the full “Woman in Red” theory from @ColdBloodedJoke…
My theory about they mysterious woman in red. #ReleaseTheAyerCut pic.twitter.com/J3cxd8PUfY
— ★ ℳi$T€ℜ J ★ (@ColdBloodedJoke) August 1, 2020
Taking cues from an episode of The New Batman Adventures, where Joker hired a woman to look like Harley and then almost killed her when he tired of her, the theory puts forth that these women are meant to be a Harley surrogates for Joker during the time of Harley’s incarceration. Then, of course, with this not being an animated series, he does kill them when he eventually snaps.
When presented with this theory, by a #ReleasetheAyer Cut advocate, Ayer confirmed the idea.
It’s not wrong https://t.co/5RzGRkjfvE
— David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) August 1, 2020
Ayer recently stated that a director’s cut — aka “Ayer’s Cut” — of Suicide Squad would be “easy to complete.”
Fans started a #ReleasetheAyerCut movement after it was announced that Warner Bros. was putting $30 million into completing the Snyder Cut of Justice League for HBO Max.
That news, plus years of reports on Jared Leto Joker scenes being cut and the film’s overall tone being changed into something more comedic, has many people wanting to see Ayer’s original Suicide Squad see the light of day.
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Source: IGN.com Suicide Squad Director Confirms Joker/Fake Harley Quinn Theory