BIRDS OF PREY Director Cathy Yan Responds To SUICIDE SQUAD Helmer David Ayer: "I Know The Pain"

BIRDS OF PREY Director Cathy Yan Responds To SUICIDE SQUAD Helmer David Ayer: "I Know The Pain" BIRDS OF PREY Director Cathy Yan Responds To SUICIDE SQUAD Helmer David Ayer: "I Know The Pain"

After David Ayer Tweeted about some of the changes Warner Bros. made to Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey helmer Cathy Yan shared her commiserations, and also debunked a long-standing rumour...

By JoshWilding - Jun 01, 2020 05:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Birds of Prey

It's no secret that changes were made to Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey, as Chad Stahelski was brought in to take charge of some second unit work which added additional action scenes. 

However, after leaks from test screenings claimed that Cassandra Cain originally swallowed a diamond containing Black Mask's "d*ck pics," it was said that reshoots removed that plot point altogether and replaced its contents with the secret to gaining the Bertinelli fortune. At the time, there were some weird (and idiotic) claims that the young Cassandra swallowing the diamond was akin to pedophilia.

Well, Birds of Prey director Cathy Yan set the record straight this weekend, making it clear that wasn't the case, and that ADR was used to remove a reference to a statue showing Roman's penis. It doesn't sound like it factored into the movie in any significant way, nor did it have anything to do with what was contained in the diamond Cassandra stole from Zsasz.

What's arguably more interesting is what Yan said to Suicide Squad director David Ayer. After he explained what the tone of his 2016 movie was supposed to be, she responded with, "I'm so sorry this happened to you, David. I know the pain." Is that a reference to Birds of Prey potentially being a very different movie before Warner Bros. started throwing their weight around?

There's no way of knowing for sure, but fans online are already wildly speculating that might be the case!
 

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tmp3
tmp3 - 6/1/2020, 5:16 AM
>"I'm so sorry this happened to you, David. I know the pain."
>"It didn’t work — we all agreed — so we rewrote some ADR."
I'm no David Ayer fan, but this isn't comparable at all. Everyone agreed reshoots would improve it, including Yan from her own admission, whereas Ayer's original cut did get butchered in the edit.
manofillintent1
manofillintent1 - 6/1/2020, 5:16 AM
Saw BOP over the weekend, some well directed action scenes but overall not much to offer, kinda find it weird that it even got made
manofillintent1
manofillintent1 - 6/1/2020, 5:51 AM
@manofillintent1 - still a 3/5
Joey2099
Joey2099 - 6/1/2020, 7:26 AM
@manofillintent1 - bit of a girl power movie. Could have been alot lot better. Agreed the action scenes were good but they seemed to be the focus of the movie rather than a good story line
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 6/1/2020, 5:21 AM
Lol ok release the Yan cut!
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 6/1/2020, 5:23 AM
DC Extended Cut Universe
soberchimera
soberchimera - 6/1/2020, 6:10 AM
@Nightwing1015 -
dracula
dracula - 6/1/2020, 9:45 AM
@Nightwing1015 - Well if they release extended versions of the movies people didnt like they better do it for the movies that people actually liked
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 6/1/2020, 9:59 AM
@dracula - DCEU films that people liked? 🤔 That's a short list
dracula
dracula - 6/1/2020, 10:03 AM
@Nightwing1015 - true, but doubt people would mind getting more wonder woman, aquaman and shazam
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 6/1/2020, 10:10 AM
@dracula - Yeah that'd be cool
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