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Suicide Squad<\/em> finally hit theaters last weekend following a release reschedule to allow for re-shoots in the wake of the largely negative critical response of Batman Vs. Superman<\/em>. Whether or not the re-shoots improved the final product or not – reactions from fans and critics alike have been a mixed bag, to say the least – there was one late addition that most enjoyed.<\/p>\n In true fan fashion, a large section of the fandom has latched onto the goofy recurring gag where Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney) carries around a stuffed pink unicorn during the Squad’s mission.<\/p>\n What was originally intended to be mere set dressing became “something of a mascot,” as director David Ayer explains. “I thought Boomerang needed something kind of fun and silly.”<\/p>\n It certainly added further flair to the booze-swilling, burly brawler. Courtney’s made a name for himself as a brash action hero but he’s also unafraid to play things over the top and ridiculous, and seems to have a rather playful personality off-screen, so the touch was a fitting one.<\/p>\n Does this mean Captain Boomerang is a Brony? According to Ayer: “Yes. It… gives him a little hobby besides robbing banks.”<\/p>\n Proof that even supervillains can be fanboys – catch Captain Boomerang (and Pinky) in action in Suicide Squad<\/em>, currently in theaters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Suicide Squad finally hit theaters last weekend following a release reschedule to allow for re-shoots in the wake of the largely negative critical response of Batman Vs. Superman. Whether or not the re-shoots improved the final product or not – reactions from fans and critics alike have been a mixed bag, to say the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,108],"tags":[3785,196,3145,112,1171],"yst_prominent_words":[8639,8617,5954,14211,35573,8116,9093,35985,9091,9095,9086,8111],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64169,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48312\/revisions\/64169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48312"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=48312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}