Hold the phone! Michael Keaton as the Joker?? I never would have thought of this as a rumour (and I can’t emphasize enough that this is still just a rumour) but MAN… I’d love it!
Ok, here’s the story. Apparently a trusted Dark Horizons insider has said that most of the rumours about who may be the joker in the next Batman film are totally false. Saddly, one of the names he shoots down is Crispin Glover (who would STILL be my first choice to play the mad man). He also categorically states that Mark Hammil and Sean Penn are also not in the running for the clown prince role.
However, he does say that Paul Bettany is a guy they are seriously looking at. I’ve said before that I don’t mind the idea of Bettany at the Joker at all. He’s a wonderful talent. You can never go wrong with good talent.
But the name that most caught my attention that they are looking at was Michael Keaton. Yes, the former Batman. How cool would that be? I LOVE the idea for 3 reasons:
1) The guy is hyper talented as an actor
2) Did you see him play a psychotic killer in Desperate Measures? He was fantastic!
3) The pure novelty of it is just too delicious to pass up
I still want Glover… but since that appears to not be in the realm of reality, I’d easily take Keaton for all the reasons I listed above. What do you think of Keaton as The Joker?
