{"id":188777,"date":"2025-12-17T05:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T05:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/188777\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T05:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T05:25:10","slug":"the-suicide-squads-most-beloved-breakout-star-is-waiting-for-a-call-from-james-gunn-for-a-dcu-return-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/188777\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2019The Suicide Squad\u2019s Most Beloved Breakout Star Is \u201cWaiting\u201d for a Call From James Gunn for a DCU Return [Exclusive]"},"content":{"rendered":"

One star from James Gunn<\/a>\u2019s 2022 DCEU film, The Suicide Squad, has finally addressed their potential return in the new DCU. Gunn\u2019s rebooted Suicide Squad brought back several cast members from the controversial 2016 film, including Margot Robbie<\/a> as Harley Quinn and Joel Kinnaman<\/a> as Rick Flag Jr. It found some of its biggest fan-favorites in the newer stars, though, such as Idris Elba<\/a>\u2019s Bloodsport, John Cena<\/a>\u2019s Peacemaker, and Daniela Melchior<\/a>\u2019s Ratcatcher 2. The trio gives the film new life that was absent in its predecessor, and now one of the stars has broken their silence about a potential return under Gunn\u2019s new leadership.<\/p>\n

Collider\u2019s Aidan Kelley<\/a> caught up with Daniela Melchior recently at the premiere of her new movie, Anaconda<\/a>, and he asked if she would jump at an opportunity to play Ratcatcher 2 again. \u201cI\u2019m waiting for them to call me,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m just patiently waiting.\u201d Kelley floated out the idea of Ratcatcher 2 coming back in a potential HBO Max original series, like Lanterns or Peacemaker<\/a>, and Melchior was completely on board with the idea, \u201cI’ve been manifesting. Just let it. Let\u2019s light a candle.\u201d We\u2019re all thinking the same thing here, James. Make the call.<\/p>\n

James Gunn has a history of working with the same people he enjoys and considers reliable, and all signs point to Melchior fitting right into this category. Melchior even had a brief cameo in Gunn’s MCU swan song, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The return of her Ratcatcher 2 from The Suicide Squad<\/a> may be more a matter of when than if. Gunn is likely waiting for the right time to reintroduce the character to avoid her return feeling forced. He might as well bring back Idris Elba\u2019s Bloodsport, too, right?<\/p>\n

Who Else Stars in the \u2018Anaconda\u2019 Reboot?<\/p>\n

Anaconda (2025) is a remake\/reboot of the 1997 film of the same name starring Ice Cube and Jennifer Lopez<\/a>. Jack Black<\/a> and Paul Rudd<\/a> lead the new Anaconda movie, along with Silo veteran Steve Zahn<\/a>. The film hits theaters this Christmas. Melchior has also starred in several other major projects since her DCEU debut as Ratcatcher 2, including roles as Isabel in Fast X<\/a>, Ursa in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and Ellie in Road House (2024).<\/p>\n

Stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of James Gunn\u2019s DCU and the new Anaconda, which debuts on Christmas Day 2025.<\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 6, 2021<\/p>\n

Runtime<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t132 minutes<\/p>\n

Director<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Gunn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One star from James Gunn\u2019s 2022 DCEU film, The Suicide Squad, has finally addressed their potential return in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397],"class_list":["post-188777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}