Leonardo DiCaprio To Play The Riddler In Batman 3?

[Valthonis666]

Johny Deep should be Riddler.
I HAVE SPOKEN!

true, Depp would be the only guy that i would think of that can pull that sort of wonky insanity. i might even go so far as to say that he might make a good joker.

hey, is that a storm cloud?

Depp or Leo... I don't care which. Just.... one of them

Just the simple fact of being brought onto this picture would show them that Nolan had some sort of trust in them, and they would see that bar that the Joker left in his wake. They would be pushed and inspired, working considerably harder than ever to hit that bar, or one would hope.


As far as the guy playing the penguin:
Danny DeVito again, or fuck it. That was the best, and honestly only, Penguin portrayed on screen, and he did it fuckawesomely.

Jim WOULD have been able to play the Riddler again, but as posted before, hes gotten out of his Liar Liar days and has seemingly calmed down quite a bit. I may be wrong, but he would have to stab the lock on the box of pure mental freakiness he can open, and just work his ass off.

 

[crazypsyko666]

I can see Depp being the Riddler, but I can't quite see him in the darker, moodier, broodier atmosphere this movie's going for. It seems to me that he'd light it up like a Christmas tree of insanity, rather than a Christmas tree of baby bodies and psychopathic killers (as the films seem to be going for).

I know he can play horror. He's done it quite well (Secret Window, Hidden Garden). I know he can play serious roles. He's done those spectacularly (Public Enemies). What I can't see him doing is balancing those out in the schizophrenic sort of way that the Riddler seems to do. He tried to do it as the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland, and we all know how badly he was outperformed by Helena Carter (otherwise known as the red queen).

 

[dalek sec]

My personal favorite suggestion so far is David Tennant.

He could do a very solid job of it, and can be just nutty enough without going crazy (per. The Doctor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who]) or batshit nuts (per. Barty Crouch Jr. [http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0213116/])

Dude's a Shakespearean stage actor, on top of the film and TV roles he's done. He could totally kill it.

But I know it's not going to happen.

Honestly, Joseph Gordon-levitt would be a great choice too, despite looking a little short for the part.

Actually, I've seen that picture as well!

Yeah, I would just love to have Tennant as the Riddler as well. He can be quirky and turn very creepy at the drop of a hat just like in his last major role.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I read an analysis on Riddler once that basically said he was a closet case homosexual with an obsession with Batman, that he does all the things he does because he's in love with the Bat and wants him to return that, but being a psychopath he is unable to deal with the rejection of the Bat and thereby seeks to torture him with riddle after riddle.
I don't have the language that the analysis was written in so I am most likely not doing it justice but in that light, I could totally see Leo pulling this off.

It seems like every "analysis" of Batman always ends up concluding "Oh yeah, (X) is totally gay for Batman". And that kinda completely ignores The Riddler's extreme OCD as motivation.

Like I said, I didn't have the whole thing in front of me but rather my own stunted memory, but the way it was explained, the OCD compiled with the unspoken gay issue made sense to me. Wasn't saying anything was wrong with it, just meant that it gives more depth to the character and more reason "why" he's obsessed with solving the riddle of "Who is the Batman?"
Come to think of it, it was a friend of mine's report for one of his psychology classes that I read about 10 years ago... wow.
Whether its right or wrong, the analysis gave me more insight into E. Nigma's psyche, and thus gave me a new appreciation into what I thought was a depthless character.

 

[Vohn_exel]

Please do not let anyone mentioned in this post be associated with this film, (barring Leo - but he's not who I'd cast as the riddler at all).

-m

Thats why I'm waiting to see who they're really gonna put in the roles. Depp, maybe, but really I think that just about everyone mentioned is just one big trolling. I mean no one in their right minds would cast Murphy as the Riddler.

Remember when the Backstreet boys were supposed to be in The Phantom Menace? I think it's the same type of trolling. I just wonder how these horrible rumors ever gain ground in the first place.

 

[Dapper Ninja]

I read an analysis on Riddler once that basically said he was a closet case homosexual with an obsession with Batman, that he does all the things he does because he's in love with the Bat and wants him to return that, but being a psychopath he is unable to deal with the rejection of the Bat and thereby seeks to torture him with riddle after riddle.
I don't have the language that the analysis was written in so I am most likely not doing it justice but in that light, I could totally see Leo pulling this off.

It seems like every "analysis" of Batman always ends up concluding "Oh yeah, (X) is totally gay for Batman". And that kinda completely ignores The Riddler's extreme OCD as motivation.

Like I said, I didn't have the whole thing in front of me but rather my own stunted memory, but the way it was explained, the OCD compiled with the unspoken gay issue made sense to me. Wasn't saying anything was wrong with it, just meant that it gives more depth to the character and more reason "why" he's obsessed with solving the riddle of "Who is the Batman?"
Come to think of it, it was a friend of mine's report for one of his psychology classes that I read about 10 years ago... wow.
Whether its right or wrong, the analysis gave me more insight into E. Nigma's psyche, and thus gave me a new appreciation into what I thought was a depthless character.

I always assumed that he was obsessed with solving the riddle of Batman's identity because he had an obsessive compulsive need to solve riddles. It seemed kinda logical to me.

 

[Valthonis666]

Okay... forget what i said about Leo.....


Depp or Tenant...
everything else is just shit compared to them.....

 

[DocBalance]

http://www.collider.com/2010/07/20/batman-3-the-riddler-joseph-gordon-levitt-christopher-nolan-the-dark-knight-inception/

This is who I would want.

OH HELL YES!

I would pay triple to see a movie with this awesome guy as the Riddler.

 

[linkzeldi]

Why not Jim Carrey? The movie could use a little humor, what with all those brooding bats and psychotic clowns.

 

[Dapper Ninja]

Please do not let anyone mentioned in this post be associated with this film, (barring Leo - but he's not who I'd cast as the riddler at all).

-m

This.

Also, The Riddler? Surely, there are better villains left. I mean really? The Riddler? I can't express my distaste.

I, for one, hope that this information is a collection of lies and salamander slander.

I doubt he would be the main villain, they would need to cast someone else for the film as well...

I hope Killer Croc.

Nothing against Killer Croc, but I don't think I can see the guy as a leader of any kind of batman threatening gang. As a loner or a henchman, yes, but not something that could threaten Batman's core.

Not to mention Christopher Nolan is strictly sticking to characters that are actually possible, which makes Tell-me-I'm-a-Ninja's idea stupid as all fuck.

Actually Killer Croc showed up in Gotham Knight, which makes him canon in the Nolan-verse. It's still highly unlikely that he'll be the next movie's big bad, or even make an appearance.

 

[Tom Phoenix]

Jim Carrey should be the Riddler, he is one of the best actors of all-time (very few could have a fight with themselves and make it seem believable), and did a good job as the Riddler before.

He has gotten older since then. I don't think Jim could pull it off now.

He hasn't exactly gone grey yet. I think he could still pull it off. At the very least, they could have put him up for consideration. If there was anything good about Batman Forever, it was certainly Carrey's performance as the Riddler. Considering he has only matured as an actor since then, he would be a perfect fit for a more grim Batman movie.

I could not disagree more with your assessment of JC as the riddler.

-m

Em....ok, I guess. I will admit that it has been a very long time since I have seen the movie. But from my recollection, Carrey's performance was one of the better things of the movie.

Either way, however, I still think he would make a great Riddler for the next Batman movie.

 

[empirialtank]

Personally I hate the idea of the riddler being the third villian at all. He would just be more of the joker and thats never going to work. What the series needs is to branch out in to a whole new kind of Batman villian.

We've seen Batman's insane villians who try to out fox and out think him, but Batman has more then that to chose from. He has villians who try to overpower him like Bane and villians who try worm his way into his heart or his mind like Raj Al Ghul. The Third movie would work best with two of these. What you do is use two of them to hammer at Batman's resolve.

Batman spent most of the DarkKnight trying to step down and hand the city over to Havey Dent and no one can stay sane, muchless resolved, in the face of someone like the Joker so now you bring in Victor Freeze and Cat Woman to push Bruce to the braking point. Freeze comes in as a power house to make Bruce question if he can keep working as the Batman, and Cat Woman tempts him away to make him question if he should.

Both would be hard casts though. Cat Woman is practically a Bond Woman to start out with. So you would need an Actress who is seductive enough to be a flirt with Batman but dominate enough to kick ass without seeming cheep or inflated. Freeze would have to be a body builder like Arnold was but he also has to be able to act, because Freeze was always a trajic character motivated by love for his dying wife.

 

[warprincenataku]

Johnny Depp is the actor everyone calls in... especially you Burton when they have no idea who else could be good for the role. Sure Johnny Depp is a good actor, but he tends to play the same role, that is to say he plays himself.

DiCaprio on the other hand has played everything from a mentally handicapped little boy to a mentally handicapped police detective. He has just as much range as Depp playing Depp, but without the massivee star power behind his name.

I for one would love to see Christian Bale as the Riddler. Sure he's busy dressing up in leather and speaking gruffly as Batman, but that's what split screen and CGI are for.

 

[enriquetnt]

Jhonny Depp would be an amazing Riddler but im still rooting for Robin Williams, CatWoman is a hell of a lot more tricky, there simply arent to much hot as hell but also talented actreeses around nowadays (altough i would give my left nut to see Scarlet Johansson on the role, Jolie would also be good but shes so hot it would be distracting, if it where up to me i cast Amanda Seyfried, not all that well know but amazing actress and just hot enough to play the role, and i dont think they would be putting the penguin in this (not that i complain if they do)

 

[Sinclair Solutions]

Johnny Depp is the actor everyone calls in... especially you Burton when they have no idea who else could be good for the role. Sure Johnny Depp is a good actor, but he tends to play the same role, that is to say he plays himself.

I for one would love to see Christian Bale as the Riddler. Sure he's busy dressing up in leather and speaking gruffly as Batman, but that's what split screen and CGI are for.

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree on both these points, sir.

Depp, in my opinion, is a fantastic and varied actor. I would never say John Dillenger was the same as Jack Sparrow or the Mad Hatter or Edward Scissorhands. Completely different personalities. He always plays some one odd or eccentric, but I would never say they are similar.

As for Bale, I have no idea why you would want to see that. Could you perhaps elaborate on why you think Bale would be a good choice? I see the Riddler as a brainy and scrawny individual, and I personally do not get that feeling at all from Bale. I see Bale as more of a brute. Sure, he was different in, say, the Machinist, but most of the roles he is an angry, violent, brute. Once again, this is just my personal opinion of him, and I have could never say I have seen every movie of Bale's. Plus, I would never think Nolan would ever do the "double role" trick. It's just not his style.

 

[Free Thinker]

Why Leo? He can only play serious roles, and never the villain. Plus, I don't see him wearing green spandex like a power ranger.

 

[Klarinette]

Dear god, can we have one movie that Angelina Jolie isn't in? Ugh... way too typical. Also, I agree with this:

Also, The Riddler? Surely, there are better villains left. I mean really? The Riddler? I can't express my distaste.