Phoenix admitted that he just wasn’t ready to play the Batman villain when Nolan was developing “The Dark ... face. Facial scars are the iconic look of Ledger’s Joker from “The Dark Knight ...

After experiencing Batman Begins (2005), a gritty reimagining of the iconic hero’s origins, the anticipation for The Dark Knight ... if the Joker ever found himself face-to-face with divine ...

Though widely considered the best Joker, the character was notably absent from the 2012 sequel, The Dark Knight Rises. Given Ledger’s passing, this was understandable, but the character wasn’t even ...

Actor Joaquin Phoenix was recently part of an interview, where he opened up about how he had the opportunity to star in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight as the Joker.Phoenix recently appeared ...

Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in 'Joker: Folie à Deux' and Heath Ledger as the Joker in 'The Dark Knight' Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection Joaquin Phoenix had his turn at playing the ...

Nolan didn't want the similarity in Phillips' Joker. The reason Folie à Deux ends with a character carving a smile into his face is because Nolan is no longer in business with Warner Bros.

For many, the best Joker ever, the character was notoriously absent from the 2012 sequel, The Dark Knight Rises, which made sense, seeing how Ledger was dead, but the character wasn’t even mentioned.