Reactions to Jared Leto’s version of the character from Suicide Squad were twice as intense thanks to that gold grill and his collection of questionable tattoos, which mostly left fans feeling baffled.
The Joker is something you have to be, and you can see how exhausting and painful it is for him to be this character.
A lot of it has to do with creating a character with some kind of history and footprint in our world.
When Christopher Nolan first revealed Heath Ledger’s Joker for The Dark Knight, fans were pretty annoyed with the drastic departure from the classic depictions of the character.