Dwayne Johnson has been attached to the role of Black Adam for the longest time, as he first agreed to play the part for Warner Bros. as early as 2008. And yet it’s taken until 2022 for The Rock to make his on-screen debut as the Man in Black in his very own self-titled movie. Part of the reason for the lengthy delay is because studio execs originally couldn’t make up their mind what they wanted to do with him. For instance, it turns out the character almost debuted in another, very unexpected, DCEU production.

As part of a piece detailing the long, arduous journey of bringing Black Adam to theaters, The Wrap spoke to Johnson’s producing partner Hiram Garcia who revealed that, at one stage, Adam nearly appeared in the post-credits scene of 2016’s Suicide Squad. However, nothing was ever shot for the David Ayer directorial effort and the idea was ultimately swept under the rug. As Garcia recalled:



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