If there's one thing I've learned from people like Robert Pattinson, Channing Tatum, and even Gal Gadot, it's to not readily write actors off before they've had a genuine chance to show what they can do.
It's great that Ledger won an Oscar for playing a comic book character, but the simple truth is a lot of these characters don't need awards-caliber actors delivering awards-caliber performances. Take Gadot for example. She's not winning any awards for her turn as Wonder Woman, yet she is now the face of the character as far as the public is concerned. Slade Wilson is a cold-blooded assassin. That's well within Manganiello's wheelhouse.
Girls have always loved Pattinson and Tatum. Pattinson was always a talented actor though, Tatum still isn't but he excels at comedy and probably cuz he's a big goof in real life. He seems like a good dude in real life and I truly believe he keeps getting work cuz people enjoy his personality and not really cuz he's a talented actor. He just isn't.
Gadot has always had charisma but no one believed she could act so This one I'll give you.
Joe, could sell that demeanor in small doses. Which is why it wasn't bad to have him in Batman movie. But Now he's the leading man of the movie. He just doesn't have the charisma and chops for this character.
Ya, he could play any normal cold blooded assassin but could he sell us on this character?
I personally don't think so but that's just my opinion cuz I don't think he's a good enough actor to carry his own film. Hearing about any movie that would star this guy would be enough to make me not wanna watch it.
Think about it this way. Jack Nicholson is an Oscar winner who Played the Joker, Jared Leto is an Oscar winner who played the Joker, and Heath Ledger is an actor who won his Oscar playing the Joker. Now of the 3 that I listed here, Which won would you like to see get their own Joker movie, hypothetically?
My answer would be all of them without thinking about it. Cuz I enjoy all of these actors and I have a good idea of what they could potentially do with this role given an entire movie.
I've seen enough stuff with Joe to know that he works best being a goof and in small doses. Just like Tatum.