'Suicide Squad' Stars Make a Quick Lemonade Stand Stop
When life gives you lemons, feed them to super villains! That’s what 6-year-old Na’ama Uzan did on Sunday, when Suicide Squad stars Margot Robbie (who plays Harley Quinn) and Jai Courtney (who plays Captain Boomerang) stopped by her lemonade stand in Toronto. But this is no ordinary lemonade stand: Na’ama’s booming sidewalk business has raised more than $60,000 for research into Angelman Syndrome, a neurological disease that affects her older brother Nadav. Watch the video of Robbie and Courtney’s visit, above.
“I heard about Na’ama’s story and what she was doing for her brother Nadav, and I just think it’s so inspiring,” Courtney told Canada’s CTV News. “It just shows that there’s no act too small when you’re talking about making a difference.”
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Robbie added that the lemonade stand brought up memories of her own childhood. “I used to do all kinds of little stands like this when I was little, and I’d just spend the profits on lollies at the corner store,” she said with a laugh. “So I’m glad she’s doing something far more noble with the cause!”
Na’ama, who dressed up as a superhero in anticipation of her special guests, told the news station that if she had one magical power, it would be “to cure AS.” To learn more about her brother’s disease, visit the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics (FAST).
Suicide Squad, — which hits theaters in August 2016 and features a Dirty Dozen-style teamup of DC Comics villains — finished shooting on Sunday. Robbie and Courtney, who co-star with Will Smith, Jared Leto, and Cara Delevingne, got their lemonade en route to the wrap party.
