Jared Leto is reprising his ‘interesting’ version of The Joker from Suicide Squad for the Snyder Cut of Justice League, but could his involvement in the not-officially-titled-but-we-all-say-it DC Extended Universe go beyond that?
The actor and singer recently reflected on playing the Joker and weighed in on whether he would ever reprise the role in a future Worlds of DC movie.
“It’s hard to say no to that character,” Leto told Variety during the publication’s latest Awards Circuit Podcast.
“There are very few characters that you play that have absolutely no rules, you know, that you could just go to town. It’s so much fun, that energy. I had a lot of fun.”
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Leto had a rough time on the Suicide Squad movie, with director David Ayer saying that the actor had done “magnificent work” in the film but most of it “remains unseen”.
Ayer also later claimed that the actor had been “mistreated”, with Ayer explaining that Leto’s Joker originally featured a lot more in his version of the movie.
“Jared was pretty mistreated during this. No one has seen his performance. It was ripped out of the movie,” Ayer wrote.
Not only is Leto sticking with the Joker for as long as DC will have him, but he’s also got another comic book supervillain project in the works.
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Spider-Man spin-off Morbius will see Leto play a scientist who becomes a ‘living vampire’ after he tries a dangerous cure for a rare blood disease that his character suffers from, and he also teased what’s in store for the upcoming film.
“[Morbius is] a Jekyll and Hyde story that’s just big and fun, and sometimes is a little scary, which is, I think, different for that genre,” he said.
“I’m excited about it. That should be a big, fun popcorn movie.”
Zack Snyder’s Justice League will release this year on HBO Max. Morbius is apparently releasing on March 19.
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