“There was talk about making me a different character.”

While Zack Snyder had a very specific vision of five films for the DCEU, Warner Bros. was committed to delivering its own version of the MCU. As a result, Suicide Squad came in 2016 to expand a shared world that began with Man of Steel three years earlier.

Ben Affleck’s Batman made a cameo appearance in the film and initial plans called for Steppenwolf to be the big villain instead of Incubus. As we all know by now, the theatrical version of Suicide Squad was not the film David Ayer wanted released, and plans for a sequel were scrapped until James Gunn came along five years later The Suicide Squad.

Scott Eastwood played the original character GQ Edwards Suicide Squad and early online theories suggested he could be the DCEU’s Steve Trevor. While that didn’t work out, the actor recently told Screen Rant about Ayer’s hopes of bringing him back as someone completely different.

“I know there’s been talk about making me a different character and coming back.” Eastwood confirmed. “It’s just that David Ayer wasn’t directing the next film at the time. I said, ‘Look, let’s see.’ Let’s see what’s next. Is it a cool character? Who is it?’ And that never happened because he didn’t direct the film, so it was a completely different film.

When asked if he could reveal the character’s identity, he added: “No, because they didn’t know. They were just talking about who he could come back as and we could make him someone and this and that and they hadn’t really landed on any of that.”

The Ayer cut of Suicide Squad It’s highly unlikely to see the light of day, especially with DC Studios moving full steam ahead with development of the new DCU (and probably desperate to move on from the negativity surrounding the DC Extended Universe).

Eastwood was asked who else he would like to play in the DCU and chose a specific Caped Crusader.

“I mean, I think outside of the DC Universe, I’m definitely a Batman guy. I’m definitely a Batman guy.” he teased. “I think he’s the most interesting character because he leads a double life, which to me is a bit more fascinating than some of the others. Yes, I don’t know. There’s something cool about this character.”

You can check out our interview with Eastwood where he talks about the Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad – below.