When director James Gunn cast David Dastmalchian as supervillain Polka-Dot Man for "The Suicide Squad", he had no idea that the actor has vitiligo. The skin disease gives Dastmalchian polka dots on his skin; as a child, he was mocked by others as "polka dots" and "Dalmatian".
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