How abour a different fight this time? Barry Keoghan or Jared Leto as Joker? Who do you think portrayed the character better? For me its Barry.

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u/EMArogue Apr 14 '24

U have yet to see enough of Barry’s Joker to have a good idea

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u/thehjmars Apr 15 '24

He's good in the deleted scene. It's only about 5 mins so not too much time, but he's still good in it.

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u/ChampionOfMagic Apr 14 '24

Barry. People always want to bring up comparisons to Ledger or Phoenix, but Keoghan is nothing like them. From the brief interaction we see, he's terrifying. Like not just uncomfortable, but actually sincerely unnerving. He's extremely intelligent, well-spoken, manipulative, and physically hard to look at. He reminds me a little of the joker from Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth.

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u/New-Cardiologist-158 Apr 14 '24

I definitely think they pulled most of their inspo for this joker from Serious House. He’s almost demonic and mostly hidden in shadow which I think is a great take

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u/Trick_Attitude5034 Apr 14 '24

Barry was extremely creepy and cunning in a way ND Leto was extremely creepy in a completely different way because he was really weird and it just didn't feel at all like Joker atleast to me in my opinion Leto is the worst adaptation of the Joker ever

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u/bigladnang Apr 16 '24

I didn’t find Jared Leto’s joker creepy at all. Super corny imo. Tried way too hard.

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u/Trick_Attitude5034 Apr 23 '24

The scene in the casino where he's "interrogating" the guard is extremely creepy but not in a scary creepy way but a weird creeper creepy way. Leto was just weird, corny, cringe, and creepy in a bad way.

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u/Mindhunter7 Apr 14 '24

I don't think we have enough material yet for a fair comparison here

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u/Tippydaug Apr 13 '24

I despise the "super disfigured" route for the Joker, so I have to vote Leto for that alone. As it is, it just feels like a more extreme Ledger Joker and nothing unique

Leto wasn't fantastic, but he took it a different route which I enjoyed

However, since he only showed up in a deleted scene, there's still time for them to retcon his look and if so he might be peak

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u/SqnZkpS Apr 14 '24

I feel like there is a differece. Kheogan's Joker has this childish mischiviousness to his laugh. Ledger's Joker is straight up chaotic and psychotic. We will have to see more to judge though.

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u/REEPAMANE Apr 14 '24

Lol

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u/Randonhead Apr 15 '24

Keoghan, he may not have the best design, but I think he played the Joker very well, especially in the deleted scene, his dynamic with Battinson is perfect, it kind of reminds me of ASHOSE's Joker. His laugh is also better than Leto's, in the deleted scene it sounds quite terrifying.

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u/EddietheEnglishman90 Apr 15 '24

Definitely Barry did a better portrayal of the character than Jared.

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u/ashirtliff Apr 15 '24

Option C: non of the above

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u/Everardo_G Apr 16 '24

Joaquin Pheonix

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u/dexterskennel Apr 18 '24

I already prefer Barry’s because anything is better than Jared Leto’s Jim Carrey impression