Will Smith really can’t stand Donald Trump

From real life “bad guys” to cinematic villains, Suicide Squad marks one of the few occasions that Smith doesn’t play the hero. In his role as Floyd Lawton, aka Deadshot, he portrays a crack assassin with near super human aiming abilities.

“I realised while shooting this movie why I haven’t played bad guys in the past. I couldn’t understand how someone could shoot strangers for money, couldn’t get my head around it. But then (director) David Ayer introduced me to a book called The Anatomy of Motive, about serial killers.

“It was then that I realised that nobody thinks of themselves as bad. People do the things they do because they think they’re right, no matter how evil. And through doing this, I really expanded, not only as an actor but as a person. “

For Smith’s kids, it was refreshing for them to see their dad not having to save the day. “Oh, my sons loved it. Trey, said to me, ‘Dude! That’s it. Stop acting. You will never do anything cooler than that. Ever. From now on it’s downhill for you,’” he laughs.

Smith has a lot on his plate with three precocious offspring. “I think being a teenager, it should be considered as an affliction,” he laughs.

“Like, when I talk to other parents and they say, ‘Oh man, you got a teenager? I am sorry. Really sorry to hear that.’

“Jaden just turned 18, Willow is about to be 16, and Trey is 24. I will tell you that there is nothing harder you will ever do than parent a 15 year-old-girl. The world ends every day,” he says dramatically.

“I’m just hoping to get through these teenage years. I realise I had it easy up until now.”