Die Antwoord Accuse David Ayer Of Ripping Off Their Style For 'Suicide Squad'

As Warner Bros. continues to deal with the critical fallout from “Suicide Squad,” the news around the movie is now entering a particularly weird phase. Yesterday a Reddit user claimed he and his brother (who is a lawyer) were going to sue the studio for false advertising, for marketing the movie featuring scenes of the Joker that weren’t in the final version that hit theaters (Jared Leto has said there was enough Joker material cut to make another movie). Good luck with that. And now, oddball rap duo Die Antwoord are accusing director David Ayer of “jockin” their style for the look of Joker and Harley Quinn in the film.

In a video posted to Instagram, they claim Joker’s look is more Ninja than Juggalo, and that Yo-Landi’s flavor inspired Harley Quinn. Even more, the rappers say that both Cara Delevingne and Jared Leto confirmed to that them that Ayer cited Die Antwoord on set. Here’s what Yo-Landi Visser had to say:

yes David Ayer u jockin our style. callin ninja up before your movie came our pretendin 2b down, so it looks OK when u bite our black & white graf style & our opening sequence to umshiniwam & an all da lil tiny details u nibbeld dat other people wont see but we notice. Cara & Jared told us how much u were talkin abt us on set but u never asked our permision to rip us off. An when ninja texted u sayin wassup wif dat u said nothin like a scared lil bitch. U were jus flauntin our names pretendin to b down. u aint down an u never will b. but before we knew da extent of ur two face nature – u invited us to ur movie premiere (which i didnt wanna go to) but ninja went , tinkin ur solid guy an mayb there was jus a lil “misunderstandin”. Den poor ninja had to sit thru dat hole bullshit movie. An u even got da nerve to say wassup to him smilin – an ninja has to b nice cus he is there wif his kid. But we all tink u wack. U shud start a crew called:,”im a fake fuck” ask kanye if he wants to join u. Cum show ur pretty face at my studios. U know Muggs & u know where da Soul Assasin Studios at. we watin for u. 

Check out their Instagram post below featuring “evidence” of Ayer borrowing their look. Do Die Antwoord have a case? Let us know. [Vulture]

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