2016 is going to be quite a year for Jared Leto as he follows in the footsteps of Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger by taking on the role of The Joker in Fury director David Ayer's Suicide Squad. How is he preparing to play the iconic Batman villain? When Billboard caught up with him, it was by getting bigger! "I'm trying to gain a lot of weight. It means I have to eat every couple of hours -- and I'm terrible at eating a lot," he told the site. As for what appealed to him about the project (especially when it comes with so much pressure), he added: "The opportunity to take on this nearly Shakespearean character -- that's what graphic novels and comic books are becoming, right? [He's] this beautiful disaster of a character -- what a big challenge." That's certainly an interesting way to look at the villain. The rest of the Suicide Squad cast includes Will Smith as Deadshot, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Cara Delevigne as Enchantress, and Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg. Are you excited to see his take on The Joker?
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