Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Talks Killer Croc In ‘Suicide Squad’

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice introduced audiences worldwide to Ben Affleck’s Batman, and established that his Bruce Wayne has been working to clean up crime on the streets of Gotham City for decades. In August, we will learn more about Batman’s past and his villains in Suicide Squad. Killer Croc will make his big-screen debut in the film played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.

In a recent interview, Adewale talked about playing the classic Batman villain.

“At the time you meet him in this film, he’s a fully-fledged criminal. He’s really one of the baddest criminals known to be roaming in Gotham, hence his lockup in Arkham. He’s tangled with the Batman and here he is amongst these other foes. He’s very much a formidable force at the time that you meet him.”

“The head and shoulders are prosthetic that were glued onto my face and then the body down was painted. It took about five hours to do, but it was something that was a challenge that I was up for because I wanted to set a new standard for what can be done with prosthetics. We could have easily CGI’d this, but David [Ayer] was insistent on their being an actor to bring out the soul of the character. It gave me an opportunity to show what I could do with prosthetics.”