joel kinnaman played colonel rick flag in suicide squad.
joel kinnaman played colonel rick flag in suicide squad.
who plays colonel rick flag in suicide squad?
joel kinnaman
in february 2009, prior to the development of the dceu, warner bros. was developing a suicide squad film, with dan lin producing and justin marks writing the script. in october 2014, "suicide squad" was announced by warner bros., with david ayer confirmed as director. in december, it was revealed that ayer would also be writing the screenplay. the main cast included will smith as deadshot, margot robbie as harley quinn, jared leto as the joker, jai courtney as captain boomerang, jay hernandez as el diablo, adewale akinnuoye-agbaje as killer croc, karen fukuhara as katana, cara delevingne as enchantress, viola davis as amanda waller, and joel kinnaman as rick flag. tom hardy was originally cast as rick flag, but dropped out due to scheduling issues with his film "the revenant". principal photography commenced april 13, 2015, and took place in and around toronto. filming concluded august 28, 2015. "suicide squad" was released in north america on august 5, 2016.
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as seen in "suicide squad: raise the flag" #2, rustam used his scimitar to teleport both rick flag and himself to skartaris. in "raise the flag" #5, general wade eiling admits that rick flag jr. is not actually the son of rick flag sr., but is a soldier named anthony miller who was brainwashed by eiling into believing he was flag's son. miller's conditioning means that eiling still has control of him, and uses him as part of his takeover of the suicide squad. forced to activate an explosive implant in amanda waller's brain, miller breaks free from his mind control enough to activate eiling's implant instead, leaving him helpless enough to be captured. confronted with the possibility to give up his presumed identity and return home, miller decides that the suicide squad needs a rick flag, and refuses the offer.
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