Over the last few days over social media, I’ve seen Margot Robbie’s leaked images of her portrayal of Harley Quinn called things from a “strung-out hooker” to all sorts of rage that she’s basically not Paul Dini’s rendition of the character. This is the sort of thing that happens when you know a whole lot of females that cosplay.
Interestingly enough, there was barely a fifth of the same kind of rage when just weeks ago, Jared Leto’s rendition of The Joker was released. When it comes to nerds, Harley Quinn is one of the epitome pinups of nerd culture as a whole, and basically any attempt to even try and humanize Harley would predictable end up with resistance and rejection outright.
Naturally, nobody really needs to be reminded that most nerd collective hated the initial still of Heath Ledger’s Joker when The Dark Knight was being teased, but after the movie was released, it was a pretty unanimous conclusion that Heath Ledger was absolutely brilliant in the role and portrayal.
And that’s why it goes without saying that I think nerds need to chill out and give a chance to Jared Leto, and Margot Robbie, when they hit the screens as Joker and Harley in Suicide Squad. I fully believe Jared Leto is capable of being a good Joker, considering his choice of roles as weirdos in the past. And Harley Quinn is supposed to be a pretty blonde woman with a few screws loose, and Margot Robbie is most certainly a pretty blonde woman, to fill that requirement for visual portrayal. Believe it or not, she, and Leto just might do a good job in this movie.
Besides, I fail to see what’s so wrong about Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn. She looks pretty fucking hot to me, but then again, what do I know, I’m just a dorky guy who doesn’t know shit about fashion and what’s acceptable to other women.
