Cara Delevingne is rumoured to be in the running to play Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad.

The British actress and model has become the latest rumour for a part in Warner Bros' 2016 DC Comics ensemble, according to Latino Review.



Harley Quinn is a Batman villain - the hapless sidekick and unrequited lover of the Joker.

She has been a feature of recent incarnations of the Suicide Squad - a government-run group of criminals sent on high risk, black ops missions.

Delevingne has even posted a picture of herself as Quinn on Instagram.

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She will feature in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean 5 and The Face of an Angel.

David Ayer will direct the DC film, which Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Tom Hardy and Ryan Gosling have also been rumoured for.

Suicide Squad was confirmed when Warner Bros announced its DC film slate up to 2020 earlier in October.