It seems Suicide Squad director David Ayer is an advocate of getting incredibly authentic performances out of his actors. However, according to Adam Beach (who plays 'Slipknot' in the film), the director always had a safety net on hand - just in case he created any real life villains!

Suicide Squad director David Ayer is a big fan of. According to Adam Beach, who will play 'Slipknot' in the upcoming DC/WB film, Ayer encouraged his cast to deliver the most authentic performance possible. Speaking to We've heard about actors going to great lengths to get into character before. It appears that's something thatdirectoris a big fan of. According to, who will play 'Slipknot' in the upcoming DC/WB film, Ayer encouraged his cast to deliver the most authentic performance possible. Speaking to E! Online , Beach revealed that the Fury director always had a safety net on hand though - just in case any actor took his advice a little too far...

"David Ayer is about realism. So if your character is tormented, he wants you to torment yourself. He wants the real thing. We kind of have like a therapist on board if you fall off the wagon and really are villainous. There's a friend of [Ayer's] that's very unique in making sure we have our ground. Us actors explore very fine thin lines going to the dark side and he wants to make sure we finish a movie and don't disappear somewhere and then don't show up for work."