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10 Things You Need To Know About Deadshot Before You See Suicide Squad

Despite being arguably the biggest star in the movie (apologies to Jared Leto, Viola Davis and Margot Robbie), Will Smith hasn’t featured all that prominently in the trailers for Suicide Squad. This is probably due to the fact that more overtly screen-grabbing characters like the Joker and Harley Quinn naturally produce more ‘trailer moments.' However, it does mean that audiences are probably going to go into the film not knowing a whole lot about Smith's character.
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Published: Aug 1, 2016 11:51 am

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1) He Sends His Profits To His Daughter

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As Will Smith understands, Deadshot is in a weird psychological place, what with shooting folks for cash and killing his brother when he was younger. However, there is an important part of his character that goes a long way to humanizing him.

As revealed in a miniseries in 2005, Lawton actually has a daughter, Zoe, who unaware to him was growing up in a dangerous area in Star City. In a bid to protect her, he took on the gangs who ruled the neighbourhood. However, when Zoe is put in danger due to his actions, he severs all ties with her and now sends nearly all of his paychecks from his hits to his daughter.

This incarnation of the character as a killer with a code really struck with fans and this element of Deadshot will definitely be present in Suicide Squad. No doubt Smith will be a natural at that side of the character.

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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'
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