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Will Smith says people working on Suicide Squad need to "get it right" when they cast Rick Flag.

The leader of the group still hasn't been given a big screen identity after Tom Hardy dropped out due to scheduling conflicts, and now star Smith - who will play Deadshot in the movie - has claimed the part needs to be done properly.

He told USA Today: "We've still got to get it right."

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Smith explained that delays with Christmas and recasting have resulted in a minor delay, but nothing to get worried about.

"[Ayer] turned the screenplay in before Christmas. What happens is Hollywood shuts down," he added.

"He was still working and he wanted to [start shooting] April 13. So it takes a couple weeks to gear back up at the top of the year and people have taken [other] movies. He's moving really quickly."

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His Suicide Squad and Focus co-star Margot Robbie also played down the significance of the delays, insisting it always happens - plus there is the added challenge of bringing new characters to the big screen.

She said: "This happens all the time. People act like, 'Oh my god, the movie must be ending!'

|It's just the deal with movies ... [And] a lot of the characters haven't been portrayed before so it's a pretty big undertaking.

"And it's a big undertaking for the people who are going to play the characters who have been played, like the Joker [to be played by Jared Leto]. It's big shoes to fill."

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