Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Suicide Squad.
The Suicide Squad's Margot Robbie performed one of the movie's most impressive stunts herself without using a double.
Robbie appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last month with James Gunn and John Cena to discuss some of the craziest stunts in The Suicide Squad. They spotlighted a scene in which Robbie's Harley Quinn kills one of her captors and then uses her bare feet to snatch the keys from his body before proceeding to unlock the handcuffs above her head — also with her feet.
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Gunn praised Robbie for executing the trick herself, confirming that she facilitated her own escape in the scene rather than having a stunt double step in to break Harley Quinn free. The filmmaker shared his disappointment over the fact that Robbie's costume covers her face during one of the pivotal moments in the trick, so it isn't obvious that she's responsible for it.
"[Robbie] is like a human Swiss army knife… and watching this scene with her flipping backwards was just beyond incredible," Gunn said. "I was so happy that it worked and I was mesmerised by it and then I got into the editing room with the footage and [she] has a cuff on [her] outfit that covers her face so it looks like it's a stunt person… It's my biggest regret."
Despite coming away from the movie with one such regret, Gunn previously credited The Suicide Squad for having saved his life "in so many ways." He explained that, from a creative point of view, the movie helped him to rekindle his spirit and rediscover the reason why he started making movies in the first place — something he felt he had lost along the way.
The Suicide Squad opened at number one in the US weekend box office, but only earned $26.5 million. Its inclusion on HBO Max and the rise of COVID's Delta variant likely impacted its relatively underwhelming debut, but Warner Bros. release strategy shouldn't be written off just yet, as the movie also had the second-most-viewed premiere on HBO Max.
IGN's review of The Suicide Squad scored the supervillain blockbuster a 9/10, saying: "James Gunn absolutely kills it with The Suicide Squad. The film is a bloody, chaotic ride from start to finish that finally does justice to Task Force X. It's endlessly shocking and funny, and its showcase of F-list DC villains is nothing short of brilliant."
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