There’s A ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Cameo In ‘The Suicide Squad,’ Which Fans Caught Right Away

Earlier in the week, James Gunn revealed that there’s a Guardians of the Galaxy cameo in The Suicide Squad, and he voiced his surprise that it hadn’t been leaked yet considering the massive amount of advanced reviews. Of course, that’s no longer the case now that the film is out in the wild. In a new move for HBO Max, The Suicide Squad was available for streaming starting at 7 PM EST on August 5 as opposed to the previous release strategy of dropping new films at 3 AM EST.

Here’s what Gunn told the Happy Sad Confused podcast about the Guardians cameo, and don’t expect much of a hint on how to find it. Via The Wrap:

“Well, I mean people know I almost cast Dave [Bautista] in a role and he couldn’t do it, so he didn’t,” Gunn said. “Other than that, well, there might be a Guardian somewhere in the film that no one has seen yet and I’m so surprised by… I’ve gotten a hundred reviews from this movie and I’m just astounded.”

In defense of critics who saw The Suicide Squad in advance, the cameo is very brief and verges on “blink and you’ll miss it” territory. As for who the Guardian is Mantis star Pom Klementieff. Late in the film, she can be spotted as one of the dancers in the Corto Maltese bar where Task Force X capture Peter Capaldi’s The Thinker. The camera lingers on Klementieff for just a moment, and that’s the entirety of her cameo. She’s not in character as Mantis or a DC Comics character or anything along those lines.

However, despite the brevity of the scene, eagle-eyed Guardians fans spotted Klementieff right away, and they were all about seeing a little Marvel love pop up in the DC Comics film.

— Derreck Doan (@derrecknoteric) August 6, 2021

The Suicide Squad is a bloody delight. It dashes from kill to kill, yet packs in a ton of heart for every character. High recommend to those longing for a joyride to get you back in the theater, or a DC title done right. Well done @JamesGunn. (Loved seeing Pom show up!)

— Erik Voss (@eavoss) August 6, 2021

@JamesGunn loved Suicide Squad. Did I see @PomKlementieff in there too Awesome job by all!! Killer soundtrack, too!

— Kelly Donnelly (@KellyAnne726) August 6, 2021

did anyone else think @PomKlementieff cameo in the #SuicideSquad was about to lead to something bigger I was so confused when she just vanished lmao I love how @JamesGunn seemed to just have all his best friends rock up in this movie!

— GiantDwarf (@GiantDwarf3) August 6, 2021