SUICIDE SQUAD Director Says The Joker Is Not Jason Todd
There are a lot of fans who have speculated that Jared Leto's Joker in Suicide Squad is actually Jason Todd. In the comics, the Joker murders Jason Todd and Batman spends years mourning his loss and blaming himself for his failure as a guardian and father figure. Jason Todd ended up coming back decades later as the Red Hood, which is an identity we learned The Joker had in The Killing Joke.
One of the lines of dialogue in Batman v Superman that sparked this speculation is when Bruce Wayne told Alfred:
"20 years in Gotham, how many good guys are left? How many stayed that way?"
Then people started finding bits and pieces of speculative evidence to prove that the Joker is actually Jason Todd, but there’s never been any confirmation, just lots of fans trying to fit pieces of a puzzle together. If you are one of those fans who think this is speculation is legit, according to Suicide Squad director David Ayer, you’re wrong.
When asked about what the most ridiculous rumor he heard when he was making Suicide Squad, he said, “That the joker is Jason Todd.” He seemed a little annoyed by that and went on to say, “It ain’t the case, he’s not.”
So there you have it. It has 100% been denied. The Joker is not Jason Todd. In my mind, the Joker is just the Joker. He’s just an evil son-of-a-bitch that came out of nowhere to make Batman’s life a living hell.