Heath Ledger will play The Joker in the sequel to 'Batman Begins'.
Hollywood bosses confirmed that they have cast the Oscar nominated
'Brokeback Mountain' star as the villain in 'The Dark Knight' on Monday
(08.01.06).
Director Christopher Nolan said: "Our challenge in casting The Joker was to
find an actor who is not just extraordinarily talented but fearless.
Watching Heath Ledger's interpretation of this iconic character taking on
Christian Bale's Batman is going to be incredible."
The president of production at Warner Brothers Pictures, Jeff Robinov,
added: "Chris' unique vision is what made 'Batman Begins' such an
outstanding film and we could not imagine anyone else at the helm of 'The
Dark Knight'.
"We also can't wait to see two such formidable actors as Christian and Heath
face off with each other as Batman and The Joker."
The last time fans of the franchise saw The Joker appear on the big screen
was in Tim Burton's original 1989 movie, 'Batman'.
In that movie, the iconic character was portrayed by Hollywood legend Jack
Nicholson.
'Batman Begins' - which starred Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy
and Michael Caine - was one of the most successful films of last year taking
more than $370 million at the box office worldwide.
I’m just never sure about whether I like his looks or not. When he was with Naomi Watts or now with Michelle Williams, in public he is always so touchy feely with them, putting a stray hair behind their ear, patting or rubbing the back. Their baby looks exactly like Heathmeister.
Admittedly I’ve not seen him since 10 Things I Hate About You. And he was good in that one!
i’m having a hard time picturing it, but i bet it will be good. at first i was lukewarm about christian bale playing Batman but i gladly admit i was wrong and he was awesome in that role. the new batman movies rock pretty hard, love the new take, the last few batman movies with robin and mr. freeze sucked pretty bad…crappy director.
lol I really can’t imagine Heath Ledger as the Joker. But I’ll be one of those people who will look foward to seeing that though!
Oh my god do we really need another Batman movie ? Is Hollywood that hard up for new ideas ? How about Flintstones 3 ??? >:-)
I think Heath Ledger is a good actor but I’m not sure how I feel about him being cast as the Joker. I was thrilled at the idea that Paul bettany was being considered earlier on. For now, I’m wishing it was Bettany who got the role but we’ll see how Ledger handles it. I’m optimisitc…
I know he looks funny and all but that don’t mean he can play the joker of all people. Bring back jack nicholson(spell check).
Hmm I cant picture it…
I am not sure that I really picture Heath playing The Joker. The “Batman” franchise came back with a vengeance last year. Christian Bale was amazing in that role. And as much as I love George Clooney, he sucked bad playing Batman
His career is going down in flames.
bad casting. they only chose him as his stock rose after brokeback mountain. ........blah
I actually think he might be able to pull it off.
HE’S SOOO CUTE, BUT AS A JOKER, MAYBE HE’LL BE A HOT JOKER!!!