Invoice Skarsgård thinks enjoying the Joker in a Batman film can be “fairly sick.”
Skarsgård is understood for Pennywise within the two It films, which incorporates 2017’s It and 2019’s It Chapter Two, whereas he’ll quickly reprise the position within the 2025 HBO sequence It: Welcome to Derry. He additionally just lately performed Depend Orlok in Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu remake, which is now exhibiting in United States theaters.
Having had roles in comedian e book films like 2018’s Deadpool 2, 2021’s Eternals and 2024’s The Crow, Skarsgård now thinks it might be “fairly sick” to play DC’s Clown Prince of Crime.
Talking with Josh Horowitz on the Blissful Unhappy Confused podcast, Skarsgård revealed himself to be a “Batman child” whereas rising up.
Invoice Skarsgård thinks there’s a ‘cool’ Joker someplace in him
When requested if he’d somewhat play Batman or Joker at this level in his profession, Skarsgård mentioned, “I don’t know, man. I believe there’d be a f—ing cool Joker in me, in all probability, someplace. I believe that’d be fairly sick.”
Skarsgård mentioned that, out of all of the previous Joker performances, Heath Ledger in 2008’s The Darkish Knight has been his favourite. “I used to be like 17 or no matter [when I saw] Heath’s efficiency. After which he handed away. I used to be an aspiring actor and, to me, Heath represented every thing that I wished to be. His passing and the efficiency actually hit me onerous, at the moment.”
Presently, no official casting announcement has been made concerning who will play Joker in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU. Andy Muschietti, who directed Skarsgård within the two It films, has been tapped to the DCU’s The Courageous and the Daring, which can characteristic Batman, although it’s at present unknown if the Joker will present up in that movie as properly.
“I don’t know precisely the place he’s with it,” Skarsgård mentioned of Muschietti’s The Courageous and the Daring.
Barry Keoghan, in the meantime, performs Joker in Matt Reeve’s Batman Epic Crime Saga, whereas Joaquin Phoenix just lately reprised his position as Arthur Fleck/Joker in 2024’s Joker: Folie à Deux.
Initially reported by Brandon Schreur on SuperHeroHype.
