Jared Leto IS The Joker - Part 1

[Sawyer]

I don't want a bearded Joker though.

Neither do I.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I don't want a bearded Joker though.

You should try one though. Ask the bartender to use the lemon peels instead of the grapefruit juice. It's quite refreshing.

 

[Arach Knight]

I'm not a fan of Joker with a beard, but I am fine with the casting of Leto. People complained about Nicholson and Ledger. Both times, audiences were treated to stellar performances. A bit of optimism is needed at this point.

 

[StarLord]

Source: http://messypandas.deviantart.com/

 

[regwec]

I appreciate the thinking behind that, but there is still a bit too much stress on the facial scarring for my tastes.

 

[-JKR-]

The words "El Mayimbe" and "scoop" should have tipped you off to the fact that I was joking.

Well, things have changed, it seems. It was El Mayimbe who broke the news that Heath Ledger had officially gotten the offer to play the Joker in The Dark Knight. The rumor stayed unconfirmed for a couple of months, before Warner Bros. announced his casting and the official title of the movie.

Great times.

 

[terry78]

Just make him look like a freaky clown. No need for scars and what not.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Zod-damned hippy!

 

[Pickleweasel]

That's a nice look.

And as for the bearded Joker comments luckily for us razors exist and it takes about 2 minutes to shave.

 

[Boy Scout]

And the movie doesn't start shooting until April, anyway, so he has plenty of time for a makeover.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Mani-Pedi time!!!

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Pretty Jesus looked nice at the Oscars.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Pretty Jesus looked nice at the Oscars.

He always has a quality in his eyes... It gives off the vibe of someone just a little off.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

He always has a quality in his eyes... It gives off the vibe of someone just a little off.

I agree sir. Can't wait to see what he does with the role.

 

[titansupes]

He's got The Killing Joke eyes.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Watching B89 the other day. During the museum scene, where all the Joker's goons are defacing the paintings, you can't help but notice that he spares the disturbing painting; Figure With Meat.

You wonder why, before realising.
But I think there's more to it than just because the painting is a disturbing one. It is, after all, a highly impressive piece, but it doesn't warrant Joker saving it just for that, as he desecrates other marvelous paintings.
In Joker's mind, he likes the painting for its nature. And what is that nature? It's a gruesome parody of a portrait depicting the Pope Innocent X.
The Pope, sitting in front of a bisected cow carcass, with a huge grin on his face.
Now, forget that Jack's Joker is an art lover and that his coping skills consist of him trying to see himself as a work of art.
That one scene depicts the Joker's entire character, even from the comics, in a nutshell. Every piece of art that he destroys, he's having it all done just to fit his twisted and insane POV.
"Give him a shave," he says to his goon.
Anything considered plain, has got to go under his knife/brush. His stating of liking Bacon's painting, goes to show he doesn't like the other paintings in the museum. Is he trying to improve the paintings by bringing mockery to them? Nope. He's simply bringing his chaotic and mischievous nature to them.
But once he sees Bacon's painting, he notices the chaotic and mischievous nature within it, and he finds the appeal. It has no requirement for his desecration, as Bacon already painted his own desecration, something Joker respects. A parodic attack on the Pope, with all the peculiar meaning that Bacon had going on with each stroke he'd make with his brush. It's disturbing and humorous at the same time.
Is it correct to assume Joker had found an idol in Francis Bacon? It's debatable -
"I KINDA like this one."
That's as far as Joker will go as to say he actually likes something that isn't of his own work, a thing that he can't personally go on to alter to fit his image.
Just that one scene sums up how he works and how he sees things.

Jack's Joker was a creature of mischievous chaos. Heath's Joker was an agent and avatar of violent chaos, working for it and spreading it across Gotham.
Chaos, as we know, is completely and utterly formless. It can't be tamed and put under rules of order, so it can go anywhere and come out looking like anything.
I think Jared will realise this too, that Joker has two elements to him; Humour and Chaos. When formed together, what do they make? It's up to him. It's up to him to take that humour and that chaos, form them together, and see what they make. Humour is also like chaos, it can come in many different forms, and is just as unpredictable. Will it make you chuckle, or die with laughter?
I'm excited to see his interpretation of these elements

 

[StarLord]

Damn. That's an awesome tux.

#KeepTheBeard

 

[Rodrigo90]

Add purple to it already

 

[TheNextNolan22]

He's got The Killing Joke eyes.

 

[Fallen Angel]

 

[Fallen Angel]

Add purple to it already

You have no fashion sense son.

 

[The Joker]

Francis Bacon. Nolan was inspired by his art style for Joker in TDK. That painting instantly reminded me of this:

 

[Rodrigo90]

You have no fashion sense son.

I'll have you know that I'm wearing a grey Ralph Lauren polo shirt, with my Superman pj pants

 

[Rodrigo90]

Francis Bacon. Nolan was inspired by his art style for Joker in TDK. That painting instantly reminded me of this:

Awesome spotting that

And the original Joker design, which I still can't bear to look at, is something very Bacon like.