Gaius Grieves

Doctor Gaius Grieves, alias the Thinker,Who is The Thinker? Peter Capaldi's Suicide Squad Character Explained - Logan Eccles - 13 August 2021 - ScreenRant - Retrieved 28 October 2021 was a Scottish criminal genius employed by the United States government to develop Project Starfish, a study of the mind-control powers of the extraterrestrial entity Grieves named Starro the Conqueror. Grieves spent 30 years working on the project on the Corto Maltesean military base Jotunheim before a coup d'état led the American government to dispatch a hit squad to eliminate all evidence of the project. When the mission went awry, Starro was accidentally freed, and took the time to brutally murder its former captor before embarking on a rampage.
==Weapons and Abilities==
===Meta-Human Abilities===
*Intelligence: The Thinker possessed a genius-level intellect, which was enhanced via the cybernetic shunts inserted into his brain.Why Does The Thinker Have Spikes In His Head? - Brad Curran 10 August 2021 - ScreenRant - Retrieved 28 October 2021 (FILM: The Suicide Squad)
==Notes==
===Behind the Scenes===
*The Thinker was portrayed by Scottish actor Peter Capaldi.The Suicide Squad - IMDB - Retrieved 28 October 2021Peter Capaldi - IMDB - Retrieved 29 October 2021 Director and screenwriter James Gunn was inspired by the unnamed New 52 version of the classic comic book character, and came up with the name "Gaius Grieves" himself.It is. That character is unnamed and he just looks like a Gaius Grieves to me. #TSSWatchParty - James Gunn @JamesGunn = 30 August 2021 - Twitter - Retrieved 28 October 2021
*Capaldi spoke positively of his character in the lead-up to the film's release, stating, "I've always wanted to play an evil genius. The Thinker is very smart, very manipulative and wicked, and also rather decadent. Working with talking sharks and giant starfish? Once you've been Doctor Who, that's just a day in the office. Although hopefully sometimes they're gonna be more convincing."Doctor Who's Peter Capaldi teases The Suicide Squad villain role - Louise McCreesh - 6 July 2021 - Digital Spy - Retrieved 28 October 2021
*The design of the cranial apparatus seen in the film was not the original design, with the composition and placement of the spikes originally having been somewhat different.The Suicide Squad Director Reveals Different Look For Peter Capaldi's The Thinker - 22 October 2021 - ComicBook - Retrieved 28 October 2021The Suicide Squad: James Gunn Shares Photo of Peter Capaldi's First Thinker Design - Jim Johnson - 25 October 2021 - Comic Book Resources - Retrieved 28 October 2021
===Continuity===
*Grieves received a bandage on his ear in between scenes in the film; the injury it covered up was shown in a deleted scene.The Suicide Squad Deleted Scene Explains One Villain's Suspicious Wound - Liam Nolan - 2 September 2021 - Comic Book Resources - Retrieved 28 October 2021 Gunn found the scene difficult to part with but ultimately cut it.James Gunn reveals which Suicide Squad scene was hardest to cut - Rianne Houghton - 20 September 2021 - Digital Spy - Retrieved 28 October 2021
==Appearances==
*The Suicide Squad (first and final appearance)
==Links==
*Gaius Grieves on the DC Database
*Thinker on the DC Extended Universe Wiki
==References==
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