‘A Working Man’: David Ayer On Collaborating With Jason Statham, Dicey Material & That Elusive ‘Ayer Cut’ Of ‘Suicide Squad [Interview]

Filmmaker David Ayer is a man of few words. It’s not that he doesn’t have anything to say, far from it. No, like his explosive action, he’s quick, to the point and knows exactly what he wants to say and how to say it. He’s refreshing in that way, the guy who can call “bullshit” in a room of people saying absolutely nothing. Nothing reflects that mentality quite like his most recent work, “Beekeeper and now, “A Working Man.” Having gone through the IP trenches with DC’s “The Suicide Squad” and then Netflix’s “Bright,” which felt like somewhat of an extension of that corporate ethos, Ayer’s come out the other side and rediscovered something potent. Continue reading ‘A Working Man’: David Ayer On Collaborating With Jason Statham, Dicey Material & That Elusive ‘Ayer Cut’ Of ‘Suicide Squad [Interview] at The Playlist.

Mar 27, 2025 - 17:55

‘A Working Man’: David Ayer On Collaborating With Jason Statham, Dicey Material & That Elusive ‘Ayer Cut’ Of ‘Suicide Squad [Interview]

Filmmaker David Ayer is a man of few words. It’s not that he doesn’t have anything to say, far from it. No, like his explosive action, he’s quick, to the point and knows exactly what he wants to say and how to say it. He’s refreshing in that way, the guy who can call “bullshit” in a room of people saying absolutely nothing. Nothing reflects that mentality quite like his most recent work, “Beekeeper and now, “A Working Man.”

Having gone through the IP trenches with DC’s “The Suicide Squad” and then Netflix’s “Bright,” which felt like somewhat of an extension of that corporate ethos, Ayer’s come out the other side and rediscovered something potent.

Continue reading ‘A Working Man’: David Ayer On Collaborating With Jason Statham, Dicey Material & That Elusive ‘Ayer Cut’ Of ‘Suicide Squad [Interview] at The Playlist.