Chances are, if you've made it through the second weekend of release without seeing Suicide Squad yet, you probably aren't reading this story. But suffice it to say, there will be spoilers from here on out. Namely one spoiler that comes quite early in the movie. If you have seen David Ayer's ode to DC super villains, you know that one individual got the short end of the stick. So, why was that?

Suicide Squad opens with an introduction to every member of Task Force X, with a few exceptions. Though he was seen in the movie's marketing materials leading up to the DC adventure's release in theaters, Adam Beach probably receives the least amount of screen time. And that's for good reason. His character Slipknot is dispatched fairly early on, proving that anyone in this team is expendable. Even so, some have wondered why he didn't get more of his backstory told. Especially since his exclusion was an early giveaway that Slipknot might not make it past act two. Well, David Ayer certainly has an answer.

The filmmaker recently appeared on the Empire pod cast, which you can listen too here. He was asked point blank why we don't see more of Slipknot, and Ayer revealed that a backstory for the bad guy had actually been shot. And there are other deleted scenes featuring the character as well. But Slipknot got the axe in the interest of time. That's the main reason why fans didn't get to see more of Adam Beach's dastardly performance. Ayer explains.

"Yeah we shot [a backstory], but after a point it became overloaded, ya know, so you have to cull and pick and choose your battles, and Slipknot gets his head blown off pretty quick, so ya know, I made a commitment early on not to try and create some kind of misdirect because when you have that many characters every frame of real estate is priceless, and I didn't want to invest in that real estate to create some misdirect because after opening night everyone knows he dies anyway."

In a few previous interviews, Adam Beach has revealed that he was caught strangling Wonder Woman before he was captured and sent to Belle Reve. But it doesn't sound like that scene was shot. Ayer clarifies.

"Ya know, that might be more about his sort of personal journey to getting into the character more than anything, but I guess it does make sense if it's a rope guy. I could see where he could make those connections."

After two weeks in theaters, Suicide Squad is a hit at the box office, having earned $383 million worldwide. So far, Warner Bros. has not officially announced a sequel, though it was rumored early on that they want both Will Smith and director David Ayer to return. Captain Boomerang and Harley Quinn are said to be getting their own spin-offs, but that hasn't been announced by the studio at any official capacity. It's unlikely that we'll see Adam Beach's Slipknot return in a future DC movie, but we'll probably get to see some of his deleted scenes when the DVD arrives later in the year.