Margot Robbie and David Dastmalchian on The Suicide Squad and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis

With writer-director James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad opening this weekend in theaters and streaming on HBO Max, I recently spoke with Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn) and David Dastmalchian (Polka-Dot Man) about making the fantastic film. As you’ve seen in the trailers and clips, The Suicide Squad is about a new group of villains recruited by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) for a mission on the island of Corto Maltese called “Project Starfish.“ In addition to Robbie, Dastmalchian, and Davis, The Suicide Squad stars John Cena as Peacemaker, Idris Elba as Bloodsport, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Sylvester Stallone as the voice of King Shark, Peter Capaldi as the Thinker, Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2, Michael Rooker as Savant, Alice Braga as Sol Soria, Pete Davidson as Richard “Dick“ Hertz/Blackguard, Nathan Fillion as ., Sean Gunn as Weasel, Flula Borg as Javelin, and Mayling Ng as Mongal. During the interview, Robbie and Dastmalchian talked about why