Jared Leto Hints That His Version of The Joker Will Make Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger Proud

The three live-action film incarnations of The Joker are unique, specific takes on the iconic Batman villain, and it appears that Jared Leto is putting his own bizarre spin on the character in Suicide Squad. People seem very divided on him thus far, and while I'm not willing to say he's going to be amazing yet (considering we've only seen a couple of images and a few moments in a single trailer), I'll point to Heath Ledger's casting as The Joker in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight as the only example we ever need to not underestimate an actor hired to play this role.

It looks like Leto is very aware of the character's legacy, and he took to Instagram last night and hinted that his version will make both Ledger and Jack Nicholson proud:

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A photo posted by JARED LETO (@jaredleto) on

To be fair, this doesn't look like an image he created himself (that would be wildly self-centered, don't you think?), but by sharing this presumably fan-created image, he endorses the message all the same. Like the rest of you, I'm very curious to see what Leto brings to the role and how he'll fit into the dynamic of the Suicide Squad team. The movie arrives in theaters on August 5th, 2016, so we have just over nine months to wait until we find out. What do you think — can Leto's version live up to those previous two towering performances?

Via: The Wrap

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