It was a commercial success for Suicide Squad. It was, however, a critical failure. For director David Ayer, the failure impacted him personally as he continued to criticize Warner Bros for changing his vision.

During a recent appearance on Jon Bernthal’s Real Ones podcast, the 55-year-old revealed his career’s biggest heartbreak.

He continued, “Hollywood is like watching someone you love get ruined by someone you hate.”.

I’ve had a couple of heartbreaks – the biggest is Suicide Squad. That broke my heart. That hit me where it hurt.”

After previous superhero films were criticized by critics, the filmmaker lashed out at the studio for abruptly replacing his story with theirs.

The Batman v. Superman movie was never tested after Deadpool opened. As a result, they put the movie out there without doing a test screening, and they expected a different response. After getting hammered by all the critics, they decided to remake David Ayer’s dark, soulful film into a ——- comedy, “David said.