'The Suicide Squad' star says 'it would be amazing' to play Polka-Dot Man again
- Warning: There are spoilers ahead for "The Suicide Squad."
- David Dastmalchian, who plays the Polka-Dot Man, told Insider he'd love to play the character again.
- He said he hasn't had any discussions, but he does have a notebook full of backstories.
James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad" introduces fans to a huge range of DC characters, including one of Batman's more obscure villains, the Polka-Dot Man also known as Abner Krill.
David Dastmalchian, who plays Krill, said he's ready to wear the spots again, if given the chance.
"I loved getting to bring him to life and it would be amazing if I ever got the chance to put the polka dots on again," Dastmalchian told Insider. "Who knows? Life is crazy, right?"
There's just one little problem. Krill doesn't make it to the end of "The Suicide Squad."
Of course, that doesn't mean DC still can't explore more of Krill's backstory. In "TSS," we learn that Krill received his powers after he was experimented on by his mother, who worked at Star Labs.
If that name sounds familiar, it's because Cyborg's father worked there before "saving" his son and turning him into a robot to keep him alive.
Dastmalchian would have plenty of material to draw from if given the chance to reprise his character.
"I've written four million of my own comics, starring Abner," Dastmalchian said, telling Insider he kept a Polka-Dot notebook in which he would "always be adding in little stories and histories" for Krill.
Krill could also get his own spin-off. We're already getting one "The Suicide Squad" spin-off show on HBO Max next year with John Cena's Peacemaker character. In January, Gunn tweeted that he had ideas for more spin-offs without going more in depth.
More recently, when a fan asked if Gunn was working on other "TSS spin-off shows," Gunn shared in an Instagram story, "maybe" with a few shrug emojis.
Last month, Dastmalchian told Insider what it meant to play a role that, unexpectedly, has a profound connection to his own life.
"Something that personalized it for me in a way that James didn't see coming was the fact that I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder called vitiligo when I was in third grade," Dastmalchian said of the director.
"Basically, my body destroys it's own pigmentation," he explained as he raised his hands during our interview. "I have spots - polka dots - all over my face, my elbow, my knees."
Dastmalchian told Insider that he hasn't had any conversations about reprising his character in any other potential spin-offs when asked "unless you consider talks being the conversations I have with myself late at night when I'm laying there going, 'Holy crap, I can't believe I got to be in a James Gunn 'Suicide Squad' movie.'"
"I can't believe I'm part of the DCEU now," he continued. "I can't believe that I'm Polka-Dot Man."
"The Suicide Squad" is currently in theaters and streaming on HBO Max for 31 days. You can read our film review here.