We visited the Toronto set of Suicide Squad last summer during which time director David Ayer explained his take on Batman and the supporting role he plays in his upcoming DC Comics movie.

Batman goes for a swim in this shot from the Suicide Squad trailer.

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As Ayer recalled during a break in filming, he lobbied to include Ben Affleck's Dark Knight Detective in his supervillain film. "Look, it's like you applied at a job for a DC Comic movie and it's like, 'Come on, let me get the toys, please. Let me get the cool stuff.' So I begged for that. That was really, really something I wanted," said Ayer."There's a lot of information out there, and a lot of false information about how these characters play into the A-plot. It's an incredibly complex story with flashbacks and different convergent storylines and things like that.""I’m dying to say this and I probably shouldn't is," Ayer said, "all the Batman movies have been from Batman's point of view. He's the good guy. He's the hero of his own movie in all the movies we've seen."Ayer continued, "If you look at what Bruce Wayne has done in creating the Batman persona, his idea was to terrorize criminals. It's sort of psychological warfare against criminals. This wraith that comes in the night and attacks and culls criminals from society. For the first time, we're seeing Batman from the point of view of the criminals and he's freaking scary."Suicide Squad hits theaters next month.