Heath Ledger on the Joker: "I won't be Jack Nicholson" - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 03-20-2007, 08:23 PM

Aussie thesp Heath Ledger, who has been cast as The Joker in The Dark Knight, spoke with the Toronto Star about the role. "I wouldn't have thought of me, either. But it's obviously not going to be what Jack Nicholson did. It's going to be more nuanced and dark and more along the lines of A Clockwork Orange kind of feel. Which is, I think, what the comic book was after: less about his laugh and more about his eyes."

Brian Damage · 03-21-2007, 12:13 AM

I still don't know how Ledger will be as the Joker, but he sure understands how he should be.

TJL · 03-21-2007, 12:16 AM

Agreed. He won't win over any fans by doing a Jack impression. He has to make it totally different.

03-20-2007, 08:23 PM	#1
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03-21-2007, 12:16 AM	#3
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03-21-2007, 12:13 AM	#2
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	I still don't know how Ledger will be as the Joker, but he sure understands how he should be.