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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Few performances across the DCEU were more widely reviled than Jared Leto's Joker, but his controversial take on the Clown Prince of Crime wasn't without its redeeming qualities. When Jared Leto was announced to be the latest in the long line of actors to play Joker in 2016's Suicide Squad, the choice was met with skepticism, to say the least.
Leto's famously full method performance was sadly largely left on the cutting room floor by the film, with Leto later expressing frustration over the DCEU's premature cover-up of his role after a frosty initial reception. The DCEU even canceled two Joker movies that were further along in the pipeline, essentially retconning the character's very existence.
It may surprise former DCEU fans to learn that each of Jared Leto's Joker tattoos had an explanation, however minor, that at least demonstrated some amount of thought went into his inked-up look. Additionally, Joker's infamous grills were explained by David Ayer as the result of having all his teeth knocked out by Batman, necessitating some flashy dental work.
It doesn't matter as much that Leto was awkward or erratic, because the Joker himself is all those things and more. He doesn't talk or act like a normal person, and because of that, any performance that is sufficiently bombastic will be enough to convey the lunacy of Batman's archenemy. Even if he may be the least compelling Joker to sit opposite the many cinematic incarnations of Batman, Leto's performance did work for the character overall.
While Joaquin Phoenix's Joker is an origin story in and of itself, and Heath Ledger's Joker origin has multiple theories that remain unconfirmed, Leto's Joker was the first to re-use the Ace Chemicals origin since Jack Nicholson. Ergo, he's only the second cinematic Joker to actually have chalk-white skin and fully green hair, whereas many other Joker iterations simply rely on makeup and hair dye.
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