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The Joker is a character portrayed by Heath Ledger and the main antagonist in Christopher Nolan's 2008 superhero film The Dark Knight.Based on the DC Comics supervillain of the same name, he is depicted as a psychopathic criminal mastermind with a warped, sadistic sense of humor who defines himself by his conflict with the vigilante Batman.
Terry Gilliam also refuted the claims that playing the Joker made him crazy, calling it "absolute nonsense" and going on to say, "Heath was so solid. His feet were on the ground and he was the least neurotic person I've ever met." [159] Ledger received numerous awards for his Joker role in The Dark Knight.
Phoenix is only now revealing he was initially considered for the iconic part that went to Heath Ledger.
The Dark Knight was followed by The Dark Knight Rises (2012), the conclusion of The Dark Knight Trilogy. In the film, Batman is forced out of his self-imposed retirement following the events of The Dark Knight ; he allies with Selina Kyle / Catwoman to take on Bane , a physically imposing revolutionary allied with the League of Shadows that is ...
Joaquin Phoenix has revealed he almost played the Joker ten years before Todd Phillip’s titular film.. The Gladiator actor, 50, starred as the Batman villain in the 2019 origin movie Joker and ...
"I can't imagine what it would be if we didn't have Heath Ledger's performance in that film, right?" said Phoenix, who went on to play the character later
Joaquin Phoenix revealed for the first time during a recent interview on “Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin” that he was approached to play the Joker by Christopher Nolan for 2008’s “The Dark ...
Joker (The Dark Knight), the character as he appears in the 2008 film The Dark Knight; Joker (Martha Wayne), the character as she appears in the 2011 story arc Flashpoint; Joker (DC Extended Universe), the character as he appears in the DC Extended Universe media franchise