The Dark Knight The Man Who Laughs: The Joker Thread 2.0

[bkey]

anything he wants too duh!

Dumbass

Duh! He's the mother F******* JOKER!

 

[LiveWire777]

sadly not be in the third movie (RIPledger)

 

[TheGlassPrison]

A Knight's Tale is on tv right now... its quite strange to see him in those kind of light hearted roles.

The more I think about it, the more apparent it seems that a big reason Chris Nolan picked Heath was because he is the total opposite of the Joker. That really allows him to dissapear into the role. As opposed to someone like Crispin who is already a weirdo and sounds/looks like the Joker in real life.

 

[LiveWire777]

A Knight's Tale is on tv right now... its quite strange to see him in those kind of light hearted roles.

The more I think about it, the more apparent it seems that a big reason Chris Nolan picked Heath was because he is the total opposite of the Joker. That really allows him to dissapear into the role. As opposed to someone like Crispin who is already a weirdo and sounds/looks like the Joker in real life.

Would that be Crispin Glover ur referring to?

 

[Paste Pot Pete]

Well, the thing about Crispin was...you could predict exactly how he would've played the Joker.

With Heath, it was much more of a surprise.

 

[Schlosser85]

Same reason they blatantly showed a crucial scene for Harvey, and the unnecessary reveal of Two-Face.

It's not at all certain at this point whether that clip of Harvey on the floor screaming "noooo!" is his scarring scene or not, and what Two-Face reveal are you talking about? The one where all you can see is the "Harvey side" and you have to examine the pic for a minute to even realize he's scarred? I don't really see what was given away there, we all know Harvey Dent=Two-Face, and that shot didn't show us virtually anything of what he's going to look like. If you're referring to the leaked Two-Face pic, that wasnt an official reveal.

 

[bkey]

A Knight's Tale is on tv right now... its quite strange to see him in those kind of light hearted roles.

The more I think about it, the more apparent it seems that a big reason Chris Nolan picked Heath was because he is the total opposite of the Joker. That really allows him to dissapear into the role. As opposed to someone like Crispin who is already a weirdo and sounds/looks like the Joker in real life.

Shhh, the Sons of Crispin might come after you

 

[TheBatman072]

Oh Joker what will u do next

What's with the eye-rolling thing?


Sounds like an awesome scene.

 

[LiveWire777]

What's with the eye-rolling thing?


Sounds like an awesome scene.

Its supposed to hint on the sarcasm but im not to emoticon savvy.

 

[Banquet]

Well, the thing about Crispin was...you could predict exactly how he would've played the Joker.

With Heath, it was much more of a surprise.

Yeah, it was a pretty genius way to approach the Joker. Heath doesn't really give off any creepy or strange vibe in himself, and I think that brings a sort of tension when he looks/acts like a freakin' psycho, and enhances the feeling that he's unpredictable and dangerous.

Least, that's how I see it.

 

[JokerLedger]

A Knight's Tale is on tv right now... its quite strange to see him in those kind of light hearted roles.

The more I think about it, the more apparent it seems that a big reason Chris Nolan picked Heath was because he is the total opposite of the Joker. That really allows him to dissapear into the role. As opposed to someone like Crispin who is already a weirdo and sounds/looks like the Joker in real life.

I think both chris and heath already said that they had the same vision of the character which is why chris casted him.

 

[Crook]

Nolan tends to actually go after actors based on their previous roles or known acting cred, rather than holding auditions. It's an interesting approach.

We probably wouldn't have even gotten Ledger, had Nolan decided to change up his ways for casting Joker. Ballsy move, if you ask me. Not holding tests when you're casting one of the biggest characters of all time is just bold.

 

[CrypticOne]

Well, the thing about Crispin was...you could predict exactly how he would've played the Joker.

With Heath, it was much more of a surprise.

Yeah man. And I'm glad Nolan picked Heath for the role. Nothing but greatness.

 

[kid bosco]

Nolan tends to actually go after actors based on their previous roles or known acting cred, rather than holding auditions. It's an interesting approach.

We probably wouldn't have even gotten Ledger, had Nolan decided to change up his ways for casting Joker. Ballsy move, if you ask me. Not holding tests when you're casting one of the biggest characters of all time is just bold.

Thank you for that because I was just gonna ask........
Heath never did audition for the Joker role, did he?
I have been wondering a few days now how well his audition had went and how he would have played Mr.J seeing how all that character development and research came/comes after the audition(s).....

 

[sv2]

He did do a screen test though didn't he? I thought that's what the picture of him in airplane goggles was from.

 

[Crook]

No, there was no screentest. That pic was for an unrelated photo shoot.

The only people Nolan auditioned in the bat-franchise for their respective roles were Bale and Holmes. Murphy tested for Bats, but Nolan liked him enough so he got Crane instead.

Everyone else Nolan personally went to, as he was probably confident in their talent that they didn't need an audition.

 

[nickyg641]

He did do a screen test though didn't he? I thought that's what the picture of him in airplane goggles was from.

No, that picture was from a magazine photo shoot. It is curiously Joker-esque, though.

 

[Rikxiepoo]

Yeah, I know. I was just saying that in this area of the film, he seems to have less green than than I would like. It's especially evident in the Rachel-tossing scene, when, because it's darker, his hair looks almost all brown.

Heath has done such a good job on this role, that it dsnt even matter if hes not permawhite or if his hair is not always green in the movie. All you really want to know is what hes doing or will do next XD.

 

[branwen]

A Knight's Tale is on tv right now... its quite strange to see him in those kind of light hearted roles.

The more I think about it, the more apparent it seems that a big reason Chris Nolan picked Heath was because he is the total opposite of the Joker. That really allows him to dissapear into the role. As opposed to someone like Crispin who is already a weirdo and sounds/looks like the Joker in real life.

I believe that one of the reasons CN picked Heath was b/c CN wanted a "fearless" actor to play his version of the Joker, and as an actor, Heath certainly was that--he was not afraid to take on controversial roles, obviously (like in Brokeback Mountain) and he was not afraid to BECOME his characters 100%, even if his characters were full of great suffering and awkwardness and pain.

But you are right: the fact that Heath was such an unexpected choice means that the expectations for how he'd portray the Joker were just completely up in the air, you know? And that's one of the reasons why his being chosen is so interesting......

 

[Keyser Soze]

Well, the thing about Crispin was...you could predict exactly how he would've played the Joker.

With Heath, it was much more of a surprise.

Crispin Glover would have played The Joker like Marty McFly. The same way he played Willard like Marty McFly. And The Grendel like Marty McFly.

 

[donk70]

Crispin Glover would have played The Joker like Marty McFly. The same way he played Willard like Marty McFly. And The Grendel like Marty McFly.

You don't know that

 

[CaptainClown]

You don't know that

Well we don't but assessing his movies odds are that he would.

 

[magus]

Crispin Glover would have played The Joker like Marty McFly. The same way he played Willard like Marty McFly. And The Grendel like Marty McFly.

George McFly. And how was Grendel like George McFly? I prefer what I have seen of Ledger to what I imagine from Glover but your comment seems pretty off-base.

 

[antsman41]

he was george not marty... sorry same timing

 

[donk70]

Well we don't but assessing his movies odds are that he would.

Again, you don't know that