Tom Hardy drops out of 'Suicide Squad'; Jake Gyllenhaal might fill his shoes

It was too good to be true, as it turns out. Tom Hardy has dropped out of DC Comics film adaptation Suicide Squad.

According to THR‘s report, the actor will no longer play Rick Flagg in the film because of scheduling issues involving the filming of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s The Revenant and press for Mad Max: Fury Road.

The Warner Bros. summer tentpole directed by David Ayer (Fury, Training Day) follows classic DC villains who are forced to become heroes. Will Smith, Margot Robie and Jared Leto are starring as Batman villains Deadshot, Harley Quinn and the Joker, respectively.

Jake Gyllenhaal, who worked with Ayer on “End of Watch,” is being considered as a replacement, according to the Wrap.