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Melbourne's Herald-Sun newspaper (Australia) carried a brief article on THE DARK KNIGHT today, and tries to intimate in it that Ledger's Joker will overshadow Bale's Batman in the new movie.....
Ledger wings it as real Joker
ROBIN has always played second fiddle to Batman, but Gotham City's superhero could soon know what it feels like to be playing the secondary role if hype about Heath Ledger's turn as The Joker proves correct.
The smiling assassin is to overshadow Gotham City's superhero in the
Batman Begins sequel
The Dark Knight, according to frenzied fans around the world.
Dripping in smeared red, white and black make-up, the Oscar-nominated star has had chatrooms abuzz with Batman v The Joker banter since the first image of Ledger, hunched in a jail cell, was released.
The speculation intensified late last month when the first trailer for the film, featuring The Joker's evil cackle, was released in the US, reports film writer
Erin McWhirter.
Critics have already began showering the Aussie actor with praise for his portrayal, with some claiming it makes
Jack Nicholson's version from the 1989 Batman movie "look like a clown".
The Dark Knight will also be the first of the long-running series not to have Batman in the title. Director
Chris Nolan has made no secret that the latest thriller will be extremely different to 2005's
Batman Begins.
The filmmaker has also hinted that the story will revolve around the Clown Prince of Crime.
"The Joker, in his own way, is as much an icon as the Dark Knight is and that presents us with a tremendously exciting opportunity in terms of how we carry on our story and continue to explore the point of view of the character," he said.
"It's a pretty terrifying spectacle and he's a fascinating character."
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23008020-5012974,00.html
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