A New Featurette On THE DARK KNIGHT Reveals How Heath Ledger's Joker Was Created

A New Featurette On THE DARK KNIGHT Reveals How Heath Ledger's Joker Was Created

The Dark Knight's Academy award-winning makeup artist John Caglione, Jr. was interviewed by IGN and explained the process of bringing the Clown Prince of Crime to life. More after the jump...

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By BR74 - Jul 28, 2018 04:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman
Source: IGN
When The Dark Knight was released a decade ago, audiences were wowed by the epic story and spectacular set pieces. The most memorable element,however, was the Joker. Heath Ledger's Oscar-winning performance mesmerized moviegoers and set the standard by which all other comic book villains are measured.

To mark the film's 10th anniversary, IGN spoke with James Caglione, Jr. who shared many interesting details on the character's striking appearance. The featurette is narrated by Cinefix's Clint Cage and includes plenty of BTS footage. 

The video is a little over 9 minutes and is worth a watch for every fan of the film. Check it out and share your thoughts in the usual place. 

 
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Darkknight2149
Darkknight2149 - 7/28/2018, 5:37 PM
Very interesting. Heath Ledger is probably the second greatest adaptation of the Joker, behind Mark Hamill. I wish he had been alive to do more interviews.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 7/28/2018, 5:37 PM
"New" Dark Knight feature? What a time to be alive.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 7/28/2018, 5:38 PM
Cardinal Sin: using quotation marks for emphasis. 5 points deducted.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 7/28/2018, 10:47 PM
@Spock0Clock - that italics button should be labelled more clearly!
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/28/2018, 5:53 PM
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 7/28/2018, 6:42 PM
@regularmovieguy - Sir thats A goat
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 7/28/2018, 6:52 PM
@Kevwebsz

I dunno, man. Can’t be more than one GOAT.
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 7/28/2018, 6:12 PM
Intersting. So Ledger rifted and brainstormed on doing a Joker Origin.

And now 11 years later...that is what they will do.

#WhySoSerious?
BringFFtoMCU
BringFFtoMCU - 7/28/2018, 7:00 PM
Mark Hamill’s Joker is tops for me. Ledger is a close second.
TheOtherOn
TheOtherOn - 7/28/2018, 9:52 PM
What is remembered of every single MCU / DCEU movies since released?

MCU = Lame ass on liner jokes or "cool visual effects" as memes in gif/jpg pics

DCEU = MARTHA!, Mustache!, SadAffleck and some other bad CGI affects as memes in gif/jpg pics

So far, there hasn't been any movie that came even close to being as good as TDK let alone toping it.
TeddiRxpn01
TeddiRxpn01 - 7/28/2018, 11:54 PM
To me Heath Ledgers Joker is the best Joker and not just cuz he passed away but because he gave it his all.
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