Joaquin Phoenix's JOKER Look May Have Been Lifted From Unused THE DARK KNIGHT Concept Art

Joaquin Phoenix's JOKER Look May Have Been Lifted From Unused THE DARK KNIGHT Concept Art

Joaquin Phoenix's Clown Prince of Crime looks quite a bit different to what pretty much everyone imagined it would in Joker and now concept art from The Dark Knight may reveal where the idea originated...

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By JoshWilding - Oct 28, 2018 06:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Joker
The Dark Knight completely reinvented The Joker's appearance and, since then, the comic books have also played around with how the Clown Prince of Crime looks. Todd Phillips' Joker may have avoided the same level of backlash that Suicide Squad received for covering the villain in tattoos but many fans were still disappointed by such a different take on Batman's greatest foe. 

While Joaquin Phoenix's take on The Joker is quite clearly inspired by the Batman TV series from the 1960s, one eagle-eyed fan has pointed out that it appears as if those working on this standalone origin story may have used concept art from The Dark Knight to create the villain's look here.

Bear in mind that The Dark Knight put The Joker in a mask which was inspired by the TV show for that incredible opening sequence featuring a bank robbery but this clearly isn't a mask and looks like it was just one of many looks Christopher Nolan's team may have considered for the character. Either way, the similarities are obvious and it's hard not wonder if it had any influence!

What do you guys think? Feel free to weigh in with your thoughts in the comments section. 

OBSERVATION: This Dark knight concept art is pretty interesting wonder if it had any influence? What do you guys think? from r/DC_Cinematic
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HubbleFunk
HubbleFunk - 10/28/2018, 6:54 AM
Bit of a stretch on this one me thinks.
ArthurFleck
ArthurFleck - 10/28/2018, 11:18 AM
@HubbleFunk - how is it a stretch? The nose is identical, the eye makeup is blue while the nose and mouth are red, the nose makeup smears downward and through the mouth makeup like the Joaquins eye makeup smears downward through the mouth makeup, the eye makeup is a box on the top and bottom eyelids where Joaquins is triangles on the top and bottom lids, the odd squares on the cheeks wear made into the eyebrows and turned red.

I DEFINITELY see close resemblances in the details of the makeup styles. I dont know how people could consider this a stretch.
SuperbatSpider1003
SuperbatSpider1003 - 10/28/2018, 6:55 AM
Honestly I just hope he becomes all white and shortens the hair.
CaptainAmazing
CaptainAmazing - 10/28/2018, 7:01 AM
Sure.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 10/28/2018, 7:06 AM
I mean it's clown makeup...
TheHumanSpider
TheHumanSpider - 10/28/2018, 7:10 AM
Is it just me or does the Heath Ledge Joker concept art look like a Jokerized version of Fiddy?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 10/28/2018, 7:16 AM
@TheHumanSpider - lol I see it
Kumkani
Kumkani - 10/28/2018, 7:45 AM
@BlackBeltJones - Makes sense considering 50 Cent is a clown right now (if you've heard about what he did with those Ja Rule concert tickets)
GhostDog
GhostDog - 10/28/2018, 8:08 AM
@BlindWedjat - 50 Cent = MOST PETTY BULLY OF ALL TIME.

Heard about that Ja thing. Shame.
rabid
rabid - 10/28/2018, 10:30 AM
@BlindWedjat - I doubt he really bought those tickets. Fiddy's just talkin
GhostDog
GhostDog - 10/28/2018, 7:15 AM
Well, clown makeup isn't that broad in variation in regards to design. Its all pretty samey.

You could say he took his look from some IPC fan
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 10/28/2018, 12:17 PM
@BlackBeltJones - Its the details you have to take into consideration.

Like the way the paint drips down into his mouth make up. The identical colors. The hugely overdone red lips. The nose makeup.

They share a lot of the little details which is why these are being compared.
Jaspion
Jaspion - 10/28/2018, 7:39 AM
It does look like a worse version of Heath's makeup so far.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 10/28/2018, 7:39 AM
I still feel like having him literally be a clown is way too on-the-nose. It’s like doing the origin of Jason in Friday the 13th and having him be a goalie of for the Philadelphia Fliers who went evil.
MyBeard
MyBeard - 10/28/2018, 8:15 AM
@Chewtoy - Well put.
Wobblybob
Wobblybob - 10/28/2018, 8:32 AM
This Joker look is..... well a Joke!
Looks shit!!
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 10/28/2018, 9:05 AM
@Wobblybob

very good analysis
Typobutcorrect
Typobutcorrect - 10/28/2018, 8:40 AM
...k...
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 10/28/2018, 8:55 AM
Clowns look alike.... in other news, water is wet...
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