"Do you want to know how I got these tats?"
By Brandon Wolfe
In celebration of the character’s 75th anniversary, Suicide Squad director David Ayer has tweeted a photo of the Joker as he will be portrayed by Jared Leto. The photo, presenting a tatted-up version of the Clown Prince of Crime, registers something of a shock, as it indicates an extreme reinterpretation of the iconic character, something DC has seemed bent on doing to many of its iconic characters in its bid to craft a cinematic universe of its own.
It’s worth mentioning that when images first popped up online of Heath Ledger’s Joker from The Dark Knight, they too seemed to suggest an initially troubling major overhaul of the character’s appearance, with the long, greasy hair and mutilated smile. But Leto’s Joker, with his Juggalo visage, has especially struck many as a needless, tone-deaf modernization of something that didn’t need to be updated, and yet more evidence that Warner Bros' decision to veer away from Marvel's more faithful approach might be ill-advised. But if Leto’s performance is anywhere near as strong as Ledger’s, and if he wears a shirt during the bulk of his screentime, then perhaps it won’t matter.
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