Will Smith’s Deadshot

Although Suicide Squad looks great – and Will Smith is indeed being presented as one of the stars of said movie – the reaction to his casting as Deadshot has been largely on the negative side.

Harsh fans have stated that Smith is washed-up and unable to change his acting style (they essentially say he portrays the same character in every movie he’s in) and that he will ruin the DC villain, while other even more ignorant people have played the race card, saying a black actor should not be playing a character who is classically white in the comics.

But the fact is, while some of Smith’s recent movies haven’t been great (After Earth was AWFUL), he nearly always delivers on a personal level. And whether or not you think he plays the same actor most of the time, he has proven himself capable of versatility (look no further his Oscar-nominated performance as Muhammad Ali, for a great example of that).

The fact is, Smith nearly always delivers and, most importantly, he is likeable and can pull off the role of “likeable rogue” like nobody else. So, if DC and Warner Brothers are wanting fans to root for the Suicide Squad in their upcoming movie, having Smith lead them is a great idea – and you’ll all end up coming away as fans of his portrayal of Deadshot.