Behind the Scenes: Casting the Joker

While most of the antagonists in Last Resort Films' upcoming Batman film will be fairly fresh to the big screen, one that was allowed to appear despite several different incarnations on film is The Joker. Historically the "Clown Prince of Crime" has been played by big name actors coming off of hit films: Jack Nicholson in Batman was one of the biggest movie stars in the world, Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight was coming off of several acclaimed performances including an Oscar nomination for Brokeback Mountain, and Jared Leto in Suicide Squad was coming off of his Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Dallas Buyers Club. Studio head Phil Dolan is trying to buck that trend, insisting that no big name actors will be cast as The Joker in the APJ-scripted Batman film. Dolan has worked with writer APJ and star Jake Gyllenhaal to comprise a list of 10 actors to bring in to read with Gyllenhaal for the role. We will breakdown that shortlist below.

Reeve Carney
Age: 34
Height: 6'0"
Notable Works: "Penny Dreadful", The Tempest

Caleb Landry Jones
Age: 28
Height: 5'11"
Notable Works: Get Out, War on Everyone, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Last Resort Films Productions: the upcoming Blood Countess

Michael Pitt
Age: 36
Height: 5'11"
Notable Works: Ghost in the Shell, Last Days, Funny Games
Last Resort Films Productions: the upcoming Femme Fatale

Will Poulter
Age: 25
Height: 6'2"
Notable Works: Detroit, We're the Millers, The Maze Runner

Bill Skarsgard
Age: 27
Height: 6'4"
Notable Works: It, Atomic Blonde, The Divergent Series: Allegiant

Matt Smith
Age: 35
Height: 6'0"
Notable Works: "The Crown", Lost River, Terminator: Genisys
Last Resort Films Productions: Creature from the Black Lagoon, the upcoming V

Dan Stevens
Age: 35
Height: 6'0"
Notable Works: "Legion", The Guest, Beauty and the Beast
Last Resort Films Productions: Birth of Frankenstein, Sherwood

Harry Treadaway
Age: 22
Height: 5'10"
Notable Works: "Penny Dreadful", "Mr. Mercedes", Honeymoon

Gaspard Ulliel
Age: 33
Height: 5'11"
Notable Works: Hannibal Rising, Saint Laurent, It's Only the End of the World

Rhys Wakefield
Age: 29
Height: 6'0"
Notable Works: "Home and Away", You Get Me, Endless Love

Who Should Play The Joker?

Reeve Carney

Caleb Landry Jones

Michael Pitt

Will Poulter

Bill Skarsgard

Matt Smith

Dan Stevens

Harry Treadaway

Gaspard Ulliel

Rhys Wakefield

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