["Danger" DWYWQ]
In the New 52 comic, there's a roller
derby fight club sort of situation.
I love that comic.
I just kept saying,
"We have to have roller derby.
We have to have roller derby."
I can't think of a better fit
for roller derby
in an alternate universe.
The world that she lives in
and that this film is showing
is perfect for roller derby,
because it is all about
female empowerment,
it is all about that strength.
She's the only comic book character
on roller skates.
The roller-skating community
loves Harley Quinn!
The fact that she's on skates in a film,
we're gonna go crazy over this.
For the derby scene, all of the skaters
that are going to be in it
are real roller derby skaters.
Everybody on the track
knows exactly what they're doing
and that will also provide
for a very cool-looking environment,
because it's completely natural.
Everybody lives on their skates.
People who come from totally different
career paths and backgrounds,
that my life would've never
intersected with them
without this sport.
So, it's a pretty special place.
Those girls are so rad.
Even when you're a newcomer like me,
they make you feel so welcome.
The sense of community and loyalty
and friendship is so strong.
I mean, they're tough as hell.
They dive headfirst into ﬁghts.
They're insane.
We are introduced to her skating
as a very aggressive
roller derby player.
That aggression has to carry
throughout the film
and into the other action scenes
that feature the roller skating.
So there's absolutely an element
to who Harley is
in how Margot has to learn to skate.
My skating is... I hope it was good.
I definitely underestimated
how hard it would be,
'cause I thought, "I've done I, Tonya.
I've done a lot of ice skating.
Just throw some wheels on it
and it'll be the same thing."
It definitely wasn't as painful
as ice skating, I have to say.
We were fortunate enough
to work with Rachel Rotten,
'cause, of course,
everyone's got roller derby names.
It's really about getting her
as comfortable on wheels
as she was on ice.
Today we really worked on
Margot being able to stop on a dime.
We worked on some whips,
which is a transfer of energy,
where somebody essentially
throws a skater using your arms.
-Whip me!
-Okay.
[Rotten] It's scary at first,
because you pick up so much speed
when you're taking that energy transfer.
We worked on her taking the Canary Cry.
[inaudible screeching]
[Rotten] Getting into that movement,
sound propelling her forward.
So we got a lot of fun work done today.
We made her hit me a little bit.
It's fun.
[Robbie] In Suicide Squad 1,
you didn't really get
as much of the acrobatic style in then.
In this version,
there's a lot of really amazing moves
that Renae does that really speak
to Harley's history as a gymnast.
Doing a fight scene
is difficult in its own right.
And then, when you put roller skates
on your feet, it changes everything.
Margot is so good on those skates,
that anything short
of those bigger double gags,
she was able to do just fine.
When it came to some
of the fight skills on those skates,
because I do have
the stunt and fight background,
it was a little more adaptable for me
to learn how to do those on the skates,
than to teach someone
who had never done martial arts
how to do martial arts in roller skates,
which is a very complicated thing,
by the way.
Tonight we're shooting a part
of the movie where I'm on roller skates.
We have a car. I'm attached to a car.
Now I have to hit a certain mark
on this other car
to initiate my flip,
and then land in the right spot
for the camera. So...
A lot of moving parts here.
It's a lot of fun.
That's what you're getting.
It's unpredictable and it's out of order
and it's messy and funny
and it's dangerous
and it's violent and it's absurd.
It's a wild ride.
It's a bit of everything.
