El Diablo

There have been a number of versions of El Diablo in DC Comics – Chato Santana, the version of the character that made first appearance in 2008, is set to make his live-action cinematic debut in 2016 with David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. Neither of the versions of El Diablo, however, has appeared in a movie or television series other than Lazarus Lane version that made an appearance in the animated television series Justice League Unlimited.

Hostel and Takers star Jay Hernandez is set to play the character in the DC Extended Universe flick. The actor commented that his character in the movie is a bit different from the others since most of the members of Suicide Squad are ‘happy to get out there and kill people’, but El Diablo is someone who ‘just wants to stay out of the fight’.

Well, to be honest, that’s what you can pretty much assume from the stills and trailer footage of Suicide Squad featuring Jay Hernandez’ character – he’s got a depressed kind of look there! So, it’s going to be interesting to see how this character adjusts with the other Task Force X teammates. And it will also be interesting because El Diablo has been found playing with a match stick and fire in the trailer– it’s still not clear how they will demonstrate his ability of comic books to create and control fire with the mind in the movie.

On the next page – another DC supervillain, but a female one this time!