Exclusive: Jai Courtney talks doing mushrooms for Suicide Squad Suicide Squad star Jai Courtney wants to clear something up about reports that he got high on psychedelics to talk with director David Ayer on Skype as a form of Method acting for his Captain Boomerang character. The Australian action star says it simply didn’t happen. Jai Courtney claimed the story had been misconstrued in the press, who took his quotes somewhat out of context. “The thing is, why would I take magic mushrooms and get on a phone call with David Ayer?