10 Interesting Subplots That Were Cut From Comic Book Movies

9) Joker And Harley’s Bad Romance – Suicide Squad

While the studio and David Ayer played down talk of reshoots for Suicide Squad, the film clearly underwent some serious retooling. It’s a mishmash of conflicting tones and seemingly important subplots go nowhere, like the sleazy prison guard who gets caught on The Joker’s bad side.

Jared Leto has lamented the amount of Joker scenes that were snipped, and we all know that the relationship between Joker and Harley was severely toned down. If you’re familiar with the source material, you’ll know that the relationship was originally fiery and bizarre, and in the rescue scene in the film, Joker was meant to push Harley out of his helicopter in anger, not to save her life. This eventually prompted Harley to reject her lover when he reappeared in the finale, so she could help the squad instead.

Warner Bros. were clearly worried about audience reaction to this subplot, so they removed the nastier elements and made it more of a love story instead.