Director Says Jared Leto's Joker is So "Incredible," the Crew "Stops Working"

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By Anthony Couto

Published Mar 16, 2016

Director David Ayer says "everything stops" -- including the crew -- when Leto plays the Joker in "Suicide Squad."

David Ayer is hyping-up Jared Leto's performance as The Joker in "Suicide Squad," remarking that whenever he stepped on set, "the world stops."

In an issue of Total Film (via ComicBook.com), Ayer teased Leto's magnetic and terrifying performance, noting how it even got the crew to stop working:

"What Jared has done is absolutely incredible. When he steps onto the set the world stops. Everything stops. What he's done is so powerful, so menacing, so palpable, you can feel him. The crew stops working and just watches him. I have to get everybody going again because he's so fascinating."

"Suicide Squad" hits theaters on August 5.