‘Suicide Squad’ is a diversity superhero in Hollywood

White men pervade most big-budget comic-book movies, but not Suicide Squad (in theaters Friday). Director David Ayer wanted a diverse band of bad guys, and the resulting cast is a role model for Hollywood: Of the 11 core actors, only three (Joel Kinnaman, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney) are white males; four (Davis, Cara Delevingne, Margot Robbie and Karen Fukuhara) are women, and three (Davis, Will Smith and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) are black. In addition, Jay Hernandez is Mexican-American, Adam Beach is First Nations (indigenous Canadian) and Fukuhara is Japanese-American. Read More…