[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
KEVIN VLK: All right, everyone.
Welcome to Talks at Google.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I'm Kevin Vlk, and we're here
with the "Suicide Squad" cast.
So let's welcome them.
WILL SMITH: Yeah!
Yeah!
[APPLAUSE]
KEVIN VLK: How are you guys?
WILL SMITH: What's the deal?
KEVIN VLK: We got the real
versions and the mini versions
of you guys.
WILL SMITH: Yeah, that's cool.
KEVIN VLK: That's phenomenal.
Huge blockbuster hit
coming up this summer
for you guys on August 5.
So thank you guys
all for being here.
David, this is your movie--
just absolutely phenomenal.
And it's essentially a film
about a group of villains
brought out of Arkham Asylum
and jails all orchestrated
by Amanda Waller,
played by Viola Davis.
And she gets pretty
dirty in the film.
But so people were going crazy
with this with Comic-Con.
And you describe this
movie as bad versus evil,
which is really interesting.
So can you talk
about just what's
the difference
between bad and evil.
DAVID AYER: Bad and evil.
You know, the thing about
evil, it's like pornography.
You know it when you see it.
[LAUGHTER]
WILL SMITH: It's like,
oh yeah, that's an ass.
That's an ass.
That is definitely ass.
DAVID AYER: But at the end
of the day, look, yeah, sure,
these are the bad guys.
But--
[LAUGHTER]
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
You OK, Cara?
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
WILL SMITH: That's
a good way to start.
That's a good way
to start, yeah.
And we're off.
[LAUGHTER]
DAVID AYER: Finally, right?
But no, look, at
the end of the day,
you have a group of bad guys.
These are the
supervillains, right?
But they do have good hearts.
And maybe they don't know
that about themselves
in the beginning.
But along the way,
they discover that.
And they actually see
the good in each other,
form this incredible
family, and then
go on to do some
wonderful things together
and maybe save the
world in the process.
KEVIN VLK: Awesome.
And so Will, you play Deadshot.
Big popular villain in
Batman's rogue gallery.
Why did you choose Deadshot?
So they probably had your
choice of superheroes,
I would imagine, or villains.
And so why did you choose
this role over any other?
WILL SMITH: Actually, I didn't.
It was funny.
[LAUGHTER]
I didn't.
DAVID AYER: Awkward [INAUDIBLE].
WILL SMITH: No, Dave came,
and he pitched everything.
I loved the character of Diablo.
I was like, yo, that's crazy!
And Dave was like,
dude, you're Deadshot.
[LAUGHTER]
OK, OK.
[CHUCKLING]
You know, but really,
we all-- everybody
signed on without
a script, right?
Nobody--
DAVID AYER: No script, no.
WILL SMITH: There was no script.
I had just seen "Fury,"
and I knew David's work.
And he came and
pitched the idea.
And really, as a
testament to David,
we all signed on
without a screenplay.
He pretty much laid
out the characters
that he saw for us in his mind.
And we all signed on and
became a family with like--
kind of a loving--
JAY HERNANDEZ: Malicious.
WILL SMITH: --malicious--
DAVID AYER: Abusing.
WILL SMITH: --abusive father.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's right.
[LAUGHTER]
DAVID AYER: Normal family.
[LAUGHTER]
KEVIN VLK: And Margot,
you play Harley Quinn.
So it is absolutely phenomenal.
You nailed the character.
She's really insane, and
you get to see the origin
story of Harleen Quinzel.
And it's really,
really just amazing
how that's done in the film.
But what was the toughest
part about getting her right,
about just saying,
oh, I found her?
MARGOT ROBBIE: I mean, the
physical training and stuff
started six months before
we started shooting.
So that stuff was
more mechanical,
and I knew it was
something I could
learn if I put in the hours.
The hard part was finding
the vulnerable side
and not being scared to-- I
mean, the rehearsal process,
I'm sure you guys
heard David has
a pretty rigorous
rehearsal process
that everyone has
to be involved in.
And it's super painful.
But that side of it was tricky
and also trying to figure out
the dynamic with the Joker.
I just couldn't understand
why she was with him when he
tries to kill her all the time.
ADAM BEACH: But it's your voice.
MARGOT ROBBIE: The voice
was hard to get too.
It's hard, because the only
portrayal of Harley's voice
is super, super high-pitched
and animated and comical.
But when you're doing
a David Ayer film,
there's going to be really
deep, gritty parts as well.
So we needed to find
an in-between ground.
KEVIN VLK: And
Jay, your character
of El Diablo-- without
spoiling anything,
the dynamic between you and
Will's character of Deadshot
is interesting, because
you see in the trailer
as well where he
provokes you a lot.
And you kind of want to contain
your powers, it seems like.
And he just wants
to bring them out.
JAY HERNANDEZ: Well, there's
a really important part
of the film where his
backstory is revealed.
And he's afraid to
really open that side up,
because he did
something horrific.
And this new group of people is
becoming his surrogate family.
And he doesn't want
to destroy them
the way he's destroyed
other people.
So yeah, it's interesting
to sort of see
that be revealed during
the course of the film.
KEVIN VLK: Gotcha,
and [INAUDIBLE].
WILL SMITH: I was
saying [INAUDIBLE].
It was interesting.
His character is the
most powerful, really,
out of all of us.
And he doesn't want to fight.
And that's just such
a beautiful thing.
You haven't seen the
movie, yet, right?
You guys haven't seen it?
OK, so, yeah, so.
[LAUGHTER]
I was making sure.
I was about to do
a Joel Kinnaman.
Joel.
Joel.
JAY HERNANDEZ: Tell
them how it ends, Joel.
JOEL KINNAMAN: It's great.
It's really good.
[LAUGHTER]
WILL SMITH: His nickname
is Spoiler Alert.
[LAUGHTER]
Joel will tell anything.
MARGOT ROBBIE: Take
the microphone off him.
WILL SMITH: It's like,
Joel, you can't say that!
JAY HERNANDEZ: Yeah,
take the mic from him.
MARGOT ROBBIE: Someone
confiscate that.
JOEL KINNAMAN: When
you were talking about,
I was like, did I say
that in an interview?
Did I tell him
about his backstory?
Like, I don't think so.
MARGOT ROBBIE: That's enough.
[LAUGHTER]
KEVIN VLK: Cara, you
play Enchantress,
which your character
is scary as hell.
It's crazy.
You play dual roles.
It is.
It's crazy.
Enchantress is absolutely crazy.
CARA DELEVINGNE: Thanks.
KEVIN VLK: And you play
an archeologist as well.
CARA DELEVINGNE: And June Moone.
KEVIN VLK: Yeah, so you play an
archeologist and then-- yeah,
and June Moone.
But then Enchantress
takes over your body.
So we won't reveal
how that happens.
But what was it like playing
just one of the creepiest
villains we've seen
to date on screen?
CARA DELEVINGNE: I don't
think she's that scary.
She's just a little dirty.
I'm just saying, she needs
a good bath or something.
I mean, I had such a
wonderful time, especially
playing two characters.
I think the only thing
I've found as difficult
was that hair and
makeup every day.
I still have dirt under--
WILL SMITH: How many hours?
CARA DELEVINGNE: Three.
WILL SMITH: Three hours.
CARA DELEVINGNE:
I mean, I didn't
go through as much as Adewale.
But it was more the scrubbing
at the end of the day.
It was the layers and
layers of worked up dirt.
It just fun.
KEVIN VLK: You guys had a
really good dynamic on the set,
right, because you guys
had a group text going on.
It was like Suicide
Squad For Life.
CARA DELEVINGNE:
Suicide Squad For Life.
KEVIN VLK: Yeah, it's
still going on too.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
MARGOT ROBBIE: No one's getting
rid of these any time soon.
WILL SMITH: Oh,
yeah, and tattoos.
Yeah, so there's tattoos.
Dave-- oh, he got the Squad.
Joel, show them yours.
Joel has the Squad.
JAY HERNANDEZ: The biggest one.
WILL SMITH: The biggest one.
JAY HERNANDEZ:
Will did that one.
WILL SMITH: I did that one.
I didn't that one.
CARA DELEVINGNE: He did it
with his eyes closed for it.
JOEL KINNAMAN: It was a
huge, huge, huge mistake.
[LAUGHTER]
DAVID AYER: And we're
asking Will, so when
are you getting your ink?
And he's like, oh,
tomorrow, tomorrow.
WILL SMITH: Tomorrow, tomorrow--
DAVID AYER: Tomorrow after wrap.
JAY HERNANDEZ:
Always put it off.
MARGOT ROBBIE: At wrap, at wrap.
WILL SMITH: At wrap,
yeah, yeah, at wrap.
I don't want to get it
while we're shooting.
JAY HERNANDEZ: But Margot
brought the gun, though.
Didn't you bring the tattoo gun?
MARGOT ROBBIE: I've
got it with me.
JOEL KINNAMAN: Oh, let's do it.
WILL SMITH: No, no.
JAY HERNANDEZ: Bring
out the tattoo gun!
JOEL KINNAMAN: Y'all want
to see Will get a tattoo?
CARA DELEVINGNE: Willard,
Willard, Willard.
WILL SMITH: No,
this is the problem.
I say all the time, this is
the problem when 40-year-olds
hang with 20-year-olds.
[LAUGHTER]
It goes wrong.
It goes wrong.
It ends in the hospital.
It does.
KEVIN VLK: Well,
it wasn't so fair,
because you did Joel's,
because I think,
Joel, you asked for the tattoo.
JOEL KINNAMAN: Well, we
were all going to get them.
WILL SMITH: Yeah.
[LAUGHTER]
JOEL KINNAMAN: And then I was
like, yeah, Will, do mine.
And then when he
started, I was like, what
the-- was I thinking?
KEVIN VLK: Yeah,
you described it
as like watching
a drunk baby fly
a helicopter is [INAUDIBLE].
WILL SMITH: Yeah.
[LAUGHTER]
KEVIN VLK: --exact
descriptions of that.
WILL SMITH: I didn't want to.
I didn't want to do it.
But everybody was so
excited, you know?
I got wrapped up in the moment.
I was like, I'll do
it, I'll do it, Joel!
I'll do Joel.
JOEL KINNAMAN: And
that energy that he
had right there,
that was the energy
he had while he was tattooing.
He was like--
[LAUGHTER]
KEVIN VLK: David, you
have some crazy stuff
that happened on set.
You're shaving off people's
eyebrows-- Margot's.
And you're helping
shave Jai's beard
and chopping off Karen's hair.
So what is that with-- your
process is amazing, I think--
is all the stuff
that was coming out
of the set of how you get
inside people's heads.
[LAUGHTER]
So where did that develop?
Did you start with that when
you first started filmmaking?
Or did you--
JOEL KINNAMAN:
[SINGING] In the Navy.
DAVID AYER: Well, I did
cut hair in the Navy.
You know, I cut hair
in the submarines.
So I've used clippers before.
But it's part of the process.
It's like you grab someone out
of rehearsal, alter their look,
throw them back in.
It's all a bit like
being in prison, I guess.
And they get mocked by
the other prisoners.
So it just helps them get there.
JAY HERNANDEZ: We were
in the rehearsal space,
and he left with Karen and
came back with her scalp.
[LAUGHTER]
He walked in with like hair.
I was like, oh my god,
it's like [INAUDIBLE].
DAVID AYER: We
threw it to Margot,
and she didn't like that.
WILL SMITH: Karen's hair
was midway down her back,
and it was beautiful.
We're like, oh, wow
it's beautiful--
DAVID AYER: Beautiful color.
JAY HERNANDEZ: It's so nice.
WILL SMITH: David said, dude,
come here-- clip, clip--
and just cut her hair up.
I was like, aah!
[LAUGHTER]
And all I could do was just
take picture of it on the floor.
I was like--
[LAUGHTER]
I'm going to post
this, Karen, OK?
It was bad.
KEVIN VLK: Jai, you
play Captain Boomerang,
which is probably one of the
funniest parts of the film.
He's the most hinged,
unhinged character.
So can you talk about just
developing that character
and his crazy psyche?
JAI COURTNEY: Yeah, I
had to go pretty crazy.
I had to go a pretty crazy
transformation to find him.
JOEL KINNAMAN: It's a stretch.
JAI COURTNEY: Yeah.
I'm obviously nothing
like the character.
[LAUGHTER]
Keep it together at all times.
Find it hard to step
out of my shell.
And so it was
pretty intense, man.
And it's been hard to
shake off, you know?
JOEL KINNAMAN: Well,
what's it been?
Like about 30 years?
[LAUGHTER]
WILL SMITH: Now,
here's the thing.
I've done movies
with actors before.
And I've had love scenes
where all day long, you're
shooting a love
scene with someone.
And I've still managed
to see Jai naked more.
[LAUGHTER]
I was like, dude, just, you
know, just put some clothes on.
You don't have to be naked.
And you're outside.
Do you know you're outside?
We're outside.
[LAUGHTER]
JAI COURTNEY: I
knew I was outside.
JOEL KINNAMAN:
Outdoors, it's November.
Put some damn clothes on.
DAVID AYER: You got to
stay out of base camp,
stay away from the
trailer, stay on set.
It's safe on set.
There's grownups there.
JAI COURTNEY: You go to base
camp, anything could happen.
KEVIN VLK: Yeah,
well, I heard there's
a story where you chase David at
the end of the shooting naked,
and he just sprinted
away from you.
DAVID AYER: At the end
of a 20-hour shoot day.
KEVIN VLK: And he didn't
catch you, so [INAUDIBLE]?
JOEL KINNAMAN: Me and Jay,
we were in Jai's trailer.
And Jai was in the shower.
And David comes and peaks
his head in the trailer.
And he's like, hey,
dudes, what's going on?
And then Jai comes
out of the shower,
and he's only wearing a towel.
And as soon as he sees
David, he drops the towel.
[LAUGHTER]
And David just instinctively
just, like, darts out.
And Jay goes, sic 'em, boy!
[LAUGHTER]
And Jai just takes off running.
And he's chasing David
Terminator-style, butt naked,
around the whole
studio parking lot.
And David--
JAY HERNANDEZ: Jai's a predator.
You don't run from him.
Instinctual things happen.
Instinctual stuff happens.
JAI COURTNEY: When
I smell blood.
JOEL KINNAMAN: We heard Karen's
voice like, get him, Jai!
Get him!
JAI COURTNEY: I never got him.
I never got him.
WILL SMITH: David
wanted no parts of it.
JOEL KINNAMAN: No.
WILL SMITH: And I come out.
I come out my trailer.
I'm like, what the [MUTED]
is going on out here?
Oh, no, Jai, don't
put that on him.
[LAUGHTER]
KEVIN VLK: What's
the end game there?
What were you going to
do if you did catch him?
JAI COURTNEY: I don't even know.
I mean, I didn't
think about that.
We would have found
out when I got him.
Yeah.
JOEL KINNAMAN: And
David told us later.
He was like, I was
just trying to find
some glass on the ground that he
could run over, slow him down.
[LAUGHTER]
DAVID AYER: He was barefoot.
KAREN FUKUHARA: Oh
yeah, you were barefoot.
WILL SMITH: This cast was
thoroughly and perfectly
chosen role by role, perfectly
for what our personalities can
accurately display on camera.
Yeah, I think, was that
pretty-- that was pretty--
CARA DELEVINGNE: [INAUDIBLE].
DAVID AYER: Right
people, right job.
WILL SMITH: Yeah.
[LAUGHTER]
KEVIN VLK: There's no
transitions, no segue.
But Adam--
[LAUGHTER]
There's nothing I
can do for that.
There's no way, so I'm just
going to go right to Karen.
WILL SMITH: No way around it.
So speaking of penises,
Adam-- you know?
You can't get out of that one.
KEVIN VLK: Yeah, there's no way.
So Adam and Karen, can you
talk about the-- Jesus--
the development of your
characters just with
your training and getting--
ADAM BEACH: My training--
KAREN FUKUHARA: Your training?
ADAM BEACH: The best
thing about it is me
and my wife became more
bonded, because I said, babe,
David called, and he wants me
to learn how to use these ropes.
And--
WILL SMITH: Here we go.
Bad road.
Bad road.
ADAM BEACH: We're
very much in love.
[LAUGHTER]
It brought us closer.
KAREN FUKUHARA:
You tied the knot.
ADAM BEACH: We tied the knot.
KAREN FUKUHARA:
You tied the knot.
MARGOT ROBBIE: Oh,
that was a good one.
WILL SMITH: The views
expressed by the Suicide Squad
are not necessarily the
views of Warner Bros.
Pictures or Will Smith.
[LAUGHTER]
KAREN FUKUHARA: Well, Adam
was wailing during training.
I just hear him go, oh god,
during the air squats even.
ADAM BEACH: It was
embarrassing, yeah.
MEN: No way.
ADAM BEACH: They were
hard squats, man.
WILL SMITH: No, I think--
Adam, we all came in.
And I think Jai, Margot,
and Karen were like the most
already in shape, like
they were in shape.
They hit the set ready.
And the rest of us kind
of had to get in shape.
And Adam was here.
[GRUNTS, EXHALES]
[PAINED SCREAMING]
I love this.
[LAUGHTER]
JAI COURTNEY: That is accurate.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
WILL SMITH: That is accurate.
That was [INAUDIBLE].
One squat for today.
[LAUGHTER]
JAY HERNANDEZ: Hey, Adam,
what are you squatting?
Gravity, man.
[LAUGHTER]
Gravity.
Wicked heavy.
[LAUGHTER]
JOEL KINNAMAN:
[INAUDIBLE] day to day.
KEVIN VLK: So Karen,
how about your training?
Because I'm guessing
it wasn't like that.
KAREN FUKUHARA:
Yeah, well, I got
trained by Guy Norris, my stunt
double, Irma Leong, and Richard
Norton, who have worked
on "Mad Max-- Fury Road."
So I got the best
training in the industry.
I didn't have any prior
experience with sword fighting.
But we did a month and a
half of pre-production.
MARGOT ROBBIE: [INAUDIBLE]
KAREN FUKUHARA: I know.
No, no, it's funny, because--
JAY HERNANDEZ: [INAUDIBLE].
KAREN FUKUHARA: I know.
In my audition email,
it said, you're
going to do a little bit of
martial arts, some acting,
and then, if you have a
sword lying around at home,
just bring it, just in case.
I was like, who just
has one at home?
But sure enough, I
did have a friend.
And yeah, with the sword.
WILL SMITH: This is
Karen's first movie.
This is the first
movie she ever made.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Yeah, pretty much all
downhill from here.
[LAUGHTER]
KAREN FUKUHARA: Started
from the bottom?
KEVIN VLK: Well, you're
phenomenal as Katana.
So I want to go around.
And what are your
character's greatest weakness
or weaknesses?
So we'll start with you, Will.
David, if you could do
Jared's, because he's not here
for-- Jared Leto--
for the Joker.
But we'll start with you,
but your greatest weakness,
your character's
greatest weakness.
WILL SMITH: My character's
greatest weakness.
Well, what's interesting
about Deadshot
is he looks at his
love for his daughter
as a weakness, which is
really interesting when you
talk about good, bad, and evil.
So in his mind, he considers
his daughter his Achilles' heel.
God, if I didn't
love this girl, I
could just kill people
and not feel bad about it.
But I got this chick.
Now I feel bad when I
[INAUDIBLE] this guy, you know?
So it's like it's flipped
in his mind what is good
and bad and right and wrong.
CARA DELEVINGNE: I'd say June--
WILL SMITH: That was kind
of smooth how you did that,
like you [INAUDIBLE].
CARA DELEVINGNE: Did I do that?
WILL SMITH: Yeah.
It was an accident,
but it was really cool.
CARA DELEVINGNE: Thanks, Will.
I tried.
So I'd say June Moone's weakness
is probably the Enchantress.
And the Enchantress'
weakness is probably June.
Wow, there you go.
WILL SMITH: OK, profundity.
CARA DELEVINGNE: I
thought about that.
WILL SMITH: OK, profundity.
[LAUGHTER]
DAVID AYER: So the
Joker's weakness
is probably Harley Quinn,
and it's definitely
a love-hate relationship.
But I think he hates that
he loves her and would never
admit that he loves her.
And he doesn't even
know that he loves her,
and he doesn't even know
that he's capable of love.
And I don't think any of
us are sure if he even
is capable of love.
KAREN FUKUHARA: I want
to know David's weakness.
[LAUGHTER]
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
CARA DELEVINGNE: Us, us.
DAVID AYER: Yeah, you guys.
MARGOT ROBBIE:
Harley's weakness.
I mean, the obvious
answer is the Joker.
But I think it's
actually her self-esteem,
and that's why the
Joker's her weakness.
WILL SMITH: Mm, OK.
JAY HERNANDEZ: Diablo's
weakness is probably his family.
Simple as that.
JOEL KINNAMAN: Yeah, I'd go
with the same kind of theme
that Flag's weakness
is his love for June.
CARA DELEVINGNE: Honey.
JOEL KINNAMAN: But
that's also his strength.
It's also his strength.
[LAUGHTER]
CARA DELEVINGNE: Wait, hold on.
JOEL KINNAMAN:
Absolutely strength.
Strength too.
It's two sides of the same coin.
CARA DELEVINGNE: We'll
talk about that later.
KAREN FUKUHARA: I think Katana's
weakness is her willingness
to sacrifice her own life for
justice or for her husband.
CARA DELEVINGNE: Yes.
ADAM BEACH: You have a husband?
CARA DELEVINGNE:
Who's in a sword.
JOEL KINNAMAN: That's
so Japanese of you.
KAREN FUKUHARA: Yes, how
do you not know that?
WILL SMITH: Don't.
That's a spoiler.
CARA DELEVINGNE: Adam
didn't read the script.
WILL SMITH: That's a spoiler.
Jeez.
I can't do this.
[LAUGHTER]
KAREN FUKUHARA: Yes,
he's in my sword.
ADAM BEACH: [INAUDIBLE].
CARA DELEVINGNE: I
love that you just
know this now, Adam.
[INAUDIBLE] [? brought up. ?]
ADAM BEACH: Yeah.
JOEL KINNAMAN: I
mean, damn it, Adam.
I mean, this guy over here.
Like, spoilers all the time.
I mean, really, ugh.
It's just, we all work so hard.
And then a guy like that
comes along and just ruins it
for everyone.
I mean--
ADAM BEACH: Slipknot's
is just women.
He likes women.
JOEL KINNAMAN: And he
likes tying them up.
ADAM BEACH: He gets
caught looking at women.
And that's basically it.
WILL SMITH: No,
no, no, not Adam.
Slipknot, the character.
ADAM BEACH: Oh god!
WILL SMITH: Your character.
[LAUGHTER]
ADAM BEACH: OK.
Women.
[LAUGHTER]
JAI COURTNEY: Boomerang's got
a weakness for plush toys.
[LAUGHTER]
Weak at the knees.
[LAUGHTER]
KEVIN VLK: Well, "Suicide
Squad" is out August 5-- Friday,
August 5, this week.
It is absolutely phenomenal.
We cannot thank you guys
enough for being here.
Thank you guys so much.
CARA DELEVINGNE:
Thank you so much.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
WILL SMITH: Thank you.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
