Although it was released in the first quarter of a 2022 that is already getting its final stretch on track, many of us still haven’t gotten it out of our heads the magnificent superhero show that Matt Reeves gave us with the superb ‘The Batman’. A detective adventure to frame that sowed its bulky -and, even so, fleeting- footage with many surprises for parishioners and neophytes.
From enigma to clown
One of them, how could it be less, was condensed in its brief —but intense— post-credits scene, in which we could glimpse the terrifying Joker played by a Barry Keoghan who originally aspired to the role of Enigma that Paul Dano ended up taking. But, as they say, there is always a rip for a ripped.
According to Keoghan himself in an interview with GQ UK, it was his free audition to play the main villain of ‘The Batman’ the one that made it easy for him to become the Clown Prince of Crime. A signing that his agent transmitted to him, emphasizing the need to keep it a secret: “‘The Batman’ wants you to play the Joker, but you can’t tell anyone.”
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The actor has also given some other details about the characterwhich he defines as “a little bit charming and a little bit hurt, a broken boy.” “He wanted some kind of humanity behind the makeup. He wanted people to identify with him… [para que supiesen que] It’s just a facade” adds before making it clear that still they have not contacted him for his possible return in ‘The Batman 2’.
“As soon as I get the call, I’ll be there, man. I’ll be there.”
In addition, Keoghan, whose next work will be ‘Saltburn’, directed by Emerald Fennell, has commented on the important difference that, according to him, exists between work with a man or a woman occupying the director’s seat.
“With a man directing, I can be a little cautious. But with women you can allow yourself to be a lot more open and vulnerable, and by being a little more vulnerable, you and the character are more accessible. There’s something motherly there.”