Something that literally just occurred to me on the toilet. I'd been reading some Batman comics, and they had another one of those issues where they play up the Joker as Batman's ultimate arch-nemesis who Must Not Be Named. You know, the villain who is the Villain. The guy who can just be obliquely referenced without ever appearing and still generate the kind of primal lizard-brain terror reserved for bears and spiders.
And I thought, "all respect to Jared Leto, but I did not get that impression from his role in Suicide Squad." And I started thinking who else could play the Joker. Part of the problem is that the Joker of the comics has a very oddly [http://cdn2-www.comingsoon.net/assets/uploads/2016/07/joker.jpg] shaped [http://media.dcentertainment.com/sites/default/files/GalleryChar_1900x900_Joker_52ab8edcabce71.28062812.jpg] head, with a huge mouth.
And I thought, "who is there in Hollywood who has a weird head, a huge mouth, and the acting chops to actually look creepy standing across the room from Batfleck?"
Benedict Cumberbatch.
Thoughts?
And I thought, "all respect to Jared Leto, but I did not get that impression from his role in Suicide Squad." And I started thinking who else could play the Joker. Part of the problem is that the Joker of the comics has a very oddly [http://cdn2-www.comingsoon.net/assets/uploads/2016/07/joker.jpg] shaped [http://media.dcentertainment.com/sites/default/files/GalleryChar_1900x900_Joker_52ab8edcabce71.28062812.jpg] head, with a huge mouth.
And I thought, "who is there in Hollywood who has a weird head, a huge mouth, and the acting chops to actually look creepy standing across the room from Batfleck?"
Benedict Cumberbatch.
Thoughts?