JOKER Actor Shea Whigham Has Revealed Who He Plays In The Clown Prince Of Crime's Origin Movie
When the full cast was announced for Todd Philips' Joker origin movie we found out that Shea Whigham (Agent Carter) had landed a role, and now the actor has revealed which character he'll be playing...
Ever since he first came to the masses' attention in HBO's Boardwalk Empire, Shea Whigham has seemingly made it his mission to steal every TV series and movie he appears in, from the likes of Agent Carter, to True Detective, to Kong: Skull Island.
We recently found out that the fan-favorite actor had landed a supporting role in Todd Philips' Joker movie, and during an interview with Collider to promote his new Amazon Prime series Homecoming, Whigham was very forthcoming about which character he plays.
"[Bill Camp] and I play two cops from Gotham P.D., in 1981 when the city was tough. We’re investigating something that’s just happened, at the start of the piece. We’re trying to get to the bottom of it, and it leads to where it leads to. You know, it’s rare that I’ve been on a set where it feels like it crackles. It’s pretty amazing . . .I want to have an experience. I don’t call it a job. I don’t say that I have a job. I have a gig, or a piece, or a film, or a show, but it’s never a job . . . We’re having an experience on Joker.”
Whigham also reveals that he's currently in the middle of shooting the movie, and promises that this take on the origins of the classic Batman villain is shaping up to be something special. "People haven’t seen how the Joker becomes the Joker," he enthused. "And oh, my God, man, it’s incredible. It really is.”
There is still quite a bit of skepticism when it comes to this film, but everyone involved seems to be very pleased with how the project is coming along so far. We'll get to see the end result for ourselves when Joker hits theaters on October 4, 2019.