Viola Davis May Have Landed a Role as a Villain in Suicide Squad

Comic fans are freaking out because Viola Davis may have been cast as villain Amanda “The Wall” Waller in the DC Comics-based movie, Suicide Squad.

Davis’ sadistic role as Annalise Keating on How to Get Away with Murder must’ve given her a leg up on the competition, which apparently included Oprah Winfrey and Octavia Spencer. IGN describes Waller as “a hard-ass government agent who offers supervillains a chance to earn their freedom by going on secret missions that have a good chance of getting them killed.”

Excellent.

Latino Review reports, via sources:

…the key here is that the role is hers provided that the filmmakers can work out her TV schedule, which will be no small feat considering how big of a hit How To Get Away With Murder is. If it works out she will be joining Jared Leto as the Joker, Will Smith as Deadshot, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Tom Hardy as Rick Flag, Jai Courtney as Boomerang (or Captain Boomerang), and Cara Delevingne as Enchantress.