Suicide Squad star Jared Leto fully understands the importance and iconic stature of his character, the Joker, even if he admits, “I haven’t formulated a lot of my thoughts on this."
The Oscar winner is the latest actor to don the Clown Prince of Crime's makeup for the big screen following classic turns by Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger, the latter of whom won a posthumous Academy Award for his performance in The Dark Knight.
"The work that’s been done on this character by so many people before me has been so impactful, so incredible, so much fun, so profound, so risky, that it’s a very special thing to be asked to take on that responsibility," Leto told Entertainment Weekly.
That said, Leto also understands the showbiz adage that no actor owns a role but is only renting it for awhile.
"Directors take on great works of cinema, actors reinterpret roles, that’s been going on for a great deal of time. From Scarface to Hamlet. In some ways it’s really interesting to reinterpret, redefine," said Leto, adding, "(It's) a weighty thing to do. But it’s exciting. The Joker is one of those roles. He was written brilliantly when he was first shared with the world 75 years ago, or something crazy like that. And I think I’m just really grateful I had the opportunity.”
In other Suicide Squad news, IGN has confirmed a report that additional filming has been underway for the last week. Additional shooting is a common element in major movie productions and is planned months ahead of time so this shouldn't been deemed as a sudden response to Batman v Superman. Productions, like aircraft carriers, simply cannot turn on a dime like that.
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