Jared Leto wants Warner Bros. to release the director's cut of Suicide Squad

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"That's what streaming's for, right?"

Jared Leto in Suicide Squad
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Jared Leto has called for Warner Bros. to release the so-called Ayer Cut of 2016's Suicide Squad – AKA the fabled unreleased version of the movie approved by director David Ayer.

"Absolutely! Why not?" Leto told Variety. "Why wouldn’t they? Why wouldn’t they? I mean, that’s what streaming’s for, right?" Leto played the Joker, a character who did not appear in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad that was released this summer.

Ayer has voiced his discontent with his movie on a variety of occasions, previously writing: "I put my life into 'Suicide Squad. I made something amazing. My cut is intricate and emotional journey with some bad people who are shit on and discarded (a theme that resonates in my soul). The studio cut is not my movie. Read that again." He added that his cut had "traditional character arcs, amazing performances, a solid third-act resolution."

Emily Garbutt
Entertainment Writer

I’m an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering everything film and TV-related across the Total Film and SFX sections. I help bring you all the latest news and also the occasional feature too. I’ve previously written for publications like HuffPost and i-D after getting my NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism.