Well hey, anything was going to be better than Jared Leto’s look, right? Leaked set photos from the upcoming Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix have revealed the character’s makeup look, and we have what amounts to a hybrid of Jack Nicholson’s cartoonish paint job and Heath Ledger’s scrawled-on visage. Take a look:
Joaquin Joker Phœnix. pic.twitter.com/hkPNSmgWuV
— Mehdi Omaïs (@MehdiOmais) September 22, 2018
It’s more “old carnival clown” than anything, but hey, at least he doesn’t have forehead tattoos.
(Also worth noting: In that second pic, everyone else in the background is waving a clown mask, too. Minor V for Vendetta vibes.)
Warner Bros. released a small teaser of Joaquin’s transformation on Twitter as well:
Repost from #toddphillips1:
Camera test (w/ sound). Joker. pic.twitter.com/R9W2QqKwNS— Warner Bros. Pictures (@wbpictures) September 21, 2018
What are your thoughts on the new look for the iconic DC villain?