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The Joker

9 Actors Who Could Play Martin Scorsese’s Joker

To misquote the Clown Prince of Crime himself, everyone lost their minds yesterday when it was revealed that Warner Bros. are working on an origins movie for the Joker. It will be written and directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover) and - here's the bit that people can't get their heads around - produced by the one and only Martin Scorsese.
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2) Jake Gyllenhaal

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One name that you’ll see on many wishlists of actors to play the Joker is Jake Gyllenhaal. The hugely versatile performer has had a variety of roles over the years – from his breakout turn in Donnie Darko to his acclaimed part in Nightcrawler – so you know he could challenge himself yet again and don the white face paint and green hair of the Joker.

Like DiCaprio, Gyllenhaal is also an actor who’s been skirting the comic book movie world for so long that he deserves to finally nab a role in one. He has, in fact, been in the running to play both Batman and Spider-Man before – something not many actors can say.

And if you think the reason he hasn’t taken those roles is because he’s one of those people who turns their nose up at superhero movies, that couldn’t be further from the case. “Superhero movies have inspired me,” he once said. “They are so moving and important.”

Are you listening, WB? Someone give him a call. We’d like to think he’d have the stamp of approval of his old Brokeback Mountain co-star Heath Ledger as well.


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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'