One of the rats used on the set of The Suicide Squad was named after a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
"We have a couple of good actors. We have a rat by the name of Jaws who we worked with a lot, and a rat by the name of Chris P. Ratt, which is named after my friend Chris Pratt, of course," director James Gunn told Anthony Anderson, who was guest-hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live! "They were our two main acting rats. They played Sebastian the rat in the movie. And then we have about 300,000 animated rats."
Staying on the topic of rats, Harley Quinn Margo Robbie revealed what happened to her pet rat from the first Suicide Squad movie, which was given to her by co-star and Joker actor Jared Leto.
"We called him Rat Rat. He liked beer and bath time. And then the landlord of the place I was renting found I had a rat and said Rat Rat had to go," Robbie said. "And so then Jai Courtney, who plays Captain Boomerang, he said, 'I'll take Rat Rat,' and then his landlord wasn't cool with that either, and so then one of the costumers on the job took Rat Rat, and then she had to give Rat Rat away, and Rat Rat, she gave it to Guillermo del Toro's daughters apparently. So in the end, Rat Rat is a bit of a starfucker, really."
The presence of rats on the set of the film is due to Daniela Melchior's character, Cleo Cazo / Ratcatcher 2, who can control and communicate with the little critters.
The Suicide Squad opens on Aug. 6 in theaters and on HBO Max.
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