Well it’s being reported that the new Joker for the next Batman film is Heath Ledger. I had someone mention his name to me last week… but to be honest I didn’t believe it. Guess I should have listened.
I’m mixed on this. On the one hand Heath Ledger as the Joker wouldn’t have come in my top 20 guys for the role. I was dying to see Hugo Weaving, or a host of other guys. I just never saw Ledger as the Joker.
On the other hand, Ledger can knock a performance out of the park from time to time. Having said that he can also stink a film out. He’s usually hit or miss. This COULD work out really well if he "hits".
Oh well… there’s really no use in crying about it. Heath Ledger is The Joker… like it or not. I’m not thrilled with this news… but at the same time they could have done worse. Much worse.
So let’s give Nolan and company the benefit of the doubt, sit back, take a few breaths, think it over, not over-react and start some discussion. Heath Ledger as The Joker. Wow… I never pictured it.
So what do you think? You like this? You hate it? You somewhere in between? Let the conversation begin. I’ll give more of my thoughts tomorrow after I’ve digested this a bit more.
Here’s a source that seems to backup the emails i got from Comic-Con
