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| “ | We're all gonna die. | „ |
| ~ Bloodsport's most famous quote while showing his cynicism. |
Robert DuBois better known as Bloodsport is one of the three main protagonists (alongside Ratcatcher 2 and Harley Quinn) of the 2021 film The Suicide Squad, the tenth installment in the DC Extended Universe.
He is an assassin for hire who was incarcerated in Belle Reve following his attempted killing of Superman via Kyrptonite bullet. After being extorted by Amanda Waller he became the leader of a second Task Force X team instructed with locating and destroying everything in relation to Project Starfish on the island of Corto Maltese.
He was portrayed by Idris Elba, who also played Russell "Stringer" Bell in The Wire, Br'er Wolf in the US version of The Adventures of Br'e Rabbit, Charles Miner in The Office, William Roque in The Losers, Colin Evans in No Good Deed, The Commandant in Beasts of No Nation, Shere Khan in the 2016 The Jungle Book live-action remake, Krall in Star Trek Beyond, Brixton Lore in Hobbs & Shaw and Macavity in the 2019 Cats film.
Biography
Early Life
Robert DuBois had a rough childhood, with a very abusive father who would go as far as to lock him in a crate full of hungry rats for failing to do as he asked one day, resulting in him developing a phobia for the animals. After becoming an adult DuBois at one point had a child named Tyla with an unnamed woman who passed away by the time of the movie's events; Robert and Tyla had distant and unloving relationship with one another. At some point joined the military and served under Colonel Rick Flag although left or was discharged for unknown reasons.
Following his leave from the military DuBois became Bloodsport an assassin infamous assassin and criminal who was well renowned for his ruthless techniques, deadly results and uncanny ability to make a weapon out of virtually anything thanks to his military experience. He was eventually incarcerated in Belle Reve for shooting Superman with a Kryptonite Bullet, sending him into the ICU.
The Suicide Squad
Bloodsport serves his sentence in Belle Reve while also performing duties such as cleaning, one morning when approached by Waller he immediately deduces why she's there and bluntly refuses to join Task Force X which she seems unfazed by, she then tells him he has a visitor before leaving. He goes to the visitor centre where he finds Tyla waiting for him, she explains that she has a court date coming up after stealing a smart watch and DuBois tells her that she should have a partner looking out for her the next time she steals leading to a heated argument between the two occurring before Robert finally asks why Tyla is there to which she responds that Waller said he could help her get a pardon if he co-operated with her. A furious Robert confronts Waller on this and although still dismissive at first she begins threatening Tyla, promising to have her incarcerated in Belle Reve if he doesn't co-operate with her while taunting him over how someone like Tyla would die fairly quickly in a prison as notorious as this one. In response a now fuming Bloodsport holds a blade to Waller's throat and she surprisingly keeps her composure save for screaming at her subordinates to stand down from restraining him. She then calmly explains that she wouldn't take such measures if the mission wasn't extremely important and Bloodsport finally agrees to her proposal.
She explains that due to his military experience she wants him to lead a second team of Task Force X troops into Corto Maltese, a team made up of himself Peacemaker, Ratcatcher 2, Polka Dot Man and King Shark and tells them that they would be there to erase all traces of something called Project Starfish via abducting The Thinker and forcing him to cooperate with their plans to blow up the Jotunheim base he runs where everything in relation to the project is being held. Following three fairly ridiculous questions from Peacemaker, King Shark and Ratcatcher 2 Bloodsport, still less than enthused about his new team bluntly says they're all going to die before exasperatedly saying "Oh for f**k sake." to Polka Dot Man responding that he hopes so.
The team arrive on the island of Corto Maltese and set up camp for the night but Bloodsport finds himself unable to sleep, while lying awake he sees to his horror and disgust Polka Dot Man with his face completely swollen with tumours and pustules stumbling his way into the bushes before ejecting something from his system and returning back to the campsite looking normal, his attention is then drawn to King Shark trying to eat Ratcatcher 2 in her sleep, reacting quickly Bloodsport fires endless shots at him until he's backed up into a tree, waking everybody up. After a brief argument Ratcatcher 2 who was surprisingly calm considering she was about to get eaten defuses the situation by talking to King Shark and upon learning that he doesn't have any friends makes him a deal that she and his other teammates will be his friends in exchange for him not eating them to which he eagerly accepts, Bloodsport watches the scene in disbelief and calls Ratcatcher an idiot, finding the idea of befriending someone who appeared so monstrous and was literally about to eat her insane.
The following morning the group are instructed by Waller to rescue Flag from an enemy base camp and do so, with Bloodsport and Peacemaker effortlessly taking out all of the guards in a contest to see which of them is more efficient. In the end they find Flag sitting in a tent with Sol Soria the leader of the group in this base and chatting while drinking tea, initially confused the group are then informed that she's the leader of a rebel group fighting against the maltese government, Sol Soria leaves the tent and is horrified to discover many of her people are now dead, nevertheless she acknowledges that she and Task Force X have the same goals in mind and offer them her help.
The team move out on their main objective, visiting a nightclub frequented by The Thinker and apprehending them. Unfortunately they arrive a few hours early and as a result to pass the time Flag, Peacemaker, Ratcatcher and Polka Dot Man have drinks which Bloodsport also does reluctantly at first before eventually loosening up, now starting to bond with his teammates while he and Flag fondly reminisce about their military days.
TBA
Personality
| “ | I knew Sebastian saw good in you! | „ |
| ~ Ratcatcher 2 to Bloodsport after he decides to fight Starro against Waller's orders for the Morto Caltese people. |
Robert DuBois was a fairly grumpy and irritable man who was nearly constantly exasperated and had no real patience for his peers, in spite of that however he did still have a flair of protectiveness about him, as demonstrated from how he didn't hesitate for a second to stop King Shark from eating Ratcatcher 2 and surely enough he does open up properly later on and makes a bond with the latter over their shared traumas, following this DuBois becomes a much nicer person and a more enthused and willing leader to his team and considers them close friends by the end of the film. He also suffered from musophobia for most of the film although managed to overcome it thanks to being around Ratcatcher 2 and from Sebastian's persistent friendliness towards him.
DuBois also had a great amount of respect for his old friend and fellow soldier Rick Flag who he had complete trust and faith in and he was also shown to respect Harley Quinn quite quickly upon meeting her. DuBois also had some care for his daughter although they didn't have a close relationship due to him having issues with family thanks to his own father and not actually wanting Tyla in the first place as shown from how fiercely protective he became towards her when he heard of Waller's intentions with her, this in turn made him dislike and mistrust Waller almost immediately.
All in all he proved himself to be a genuinely good and honourable man by the film's conclusion in spite of initially appearing as little more than a gruff, aloof assassin with a one-track mind.
Appearance
Robert DuBois was a handsome man in his 40s with dark skin, a tall and muscular build, brown eyes, black eyebrows, black hair and a black greying beard. As Bloodsport he wore a navy blue bodysuit covered with metallic battle armour that had gold accents and multiple munitions pockets and pouches which housed his vast arsenal of custom designed weaponry. He also wore brown combat boots with shin guards and gauntlets nearly identical to that of his battle armour. To protect his face or have the ability to breathe underwater Bloodsport also had a a helmet which was blue and brown in colour with a decaying skull motif for intimidation purposes.
Trivia
- This is Bloodsport's second time appearing in live-action following the version of the character seen in the Arrowverse.
- Bloodsport's role was originally going to be that of Deadshot's with Idris Elba even being confirmed as a replacement for Will Smith initially. However, in the midway through production, James Gunn re-wrote the script and changed the character so Will Smith could still have a chance to potentially return and reprise his role in the future despite his absence in the film.
- Before it was announced who Elba's new character was going to be after it was reported that he was no longer playing Deadshot many speculated that he would be playing Bronze Tiger.
