Deadshot's an interesting character in
the comic lore he's demanded never
misses they ask some sort of amazing
gift with bullets
I guess he's the bullet whisperer you
could say and he puts that skill to work
he runs around the world whacking people
for whoever he's going to pay him money
but it's also cost him a lot its cost of
his relationships it's cost him his
daughter his family and that separates
him from the pack there's so many
assassins and good shots in the DC
Universe but Deadshot is the most
complex that walks that line between
good guy and bad guy because of family
with Deadshot I remember seeing a TV
interview with a hired killer from the
mob and one thing that he said really
struck me he said I don't care if I live
so why should I care of you live and
that became very much part of Deadshot's
operating system he's not looking to
kill himself it's not a death wish he
just doesn't care he doesn't care if he
lives or dies and so he doesn't care if
you live or die I could not get my head
around the idea of killing people for
money and I read a book called the
anatomy of motive one of the first lines
in the book says why did he do it this
is simple because it felt good and so I
put this on somebody does
and I like putting it on that was such
an explosive comprehension he says the
question isn't why did he do it
he didn't because it felt good the
question is why does it feel good and
then just as an actor it exploded so
much an understanding character you hit
a wall when you want to know why someone
does something versus the acceptance of
the fact that it's enjoy and it really
helped me to create that backstory of
power and dominance and how he must have
during his childhood felt really
disempowered and to be able to kill
somebody from a hundred yards was super
empowering
that shot was a challenge because there
was a lot of reference material to go by
there was a lot of different comic book
versions of the risk Magnum the
directorial encyclical that David sent
down is that everything had to be real
and operational for example Deadshot's
RIS magnums they were sawed Glocks that
actually would fire real bullets if
somebody was dumb enough to put one in
there here we have dead shots risk
Magnum
Deadshot's risk Magnum is based on a
blank firing Glock as you click this
button it's firing the Magnum it adds a
whole other element of authenticity when
you don't have to go back there not when
you actually point it and you you know
you feel are it's firing and there's
recoil but it just really gives it that
next level of reality I was standing
right next to in the very first time you
fired that weapon and I looked at him
and he's got this kind of like this
little smile on his face here's our next
evolution of carbine this is great have
a gold bolt carrier group and go with
that I'm going to give me this weapon
barn good shape yeah
everything was done and built to look as
always absolutely brand-new and then we
have a tremendous scenic department that
was then come and make it look like he's
been carrying it for three years it's
chipped and it's worn and really it's
just exactly the way that they would
want it it's a very authentic looking
weapons considering it's a weapon that
really is totally a fantasy piece right
here a prototyping mass for Deadshot and
go through a variety of designs and take
the best elements of each and come up
with a good one there was also a lot of
comments with versions for the monocle
and so we researched and we collected
those maybe there's a way to put some
red LEDs inside of here yeah so it's
like theoretically it has like a ranging
function and mentalistic inference we
had a whole sequence where wills
constantly firing it smoothly - he held
it all his life
that's that authenticity you really
strive for and that allows him to be on
camera I wanted to really learn how to
shoot how to really be able to take a
room if I had to take a room once the
mentality sets in in real life then it's
easy to blend it into the character when
you're magnums runs off we might as well
it's got a double hand position to my
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