SUICIDE SQUAD: Details On 'The Joker''s Appearance; Those Tattoos Might Not Be Real After All!
Some new details have emerged about The Joker's look in the DC Cinematic Universe, and that recent image of Jared Leto apparently "isn't a genuine image and doesn't match up with how he looks on set." Wait, what? Hit the jump for details and more on those divisive tattoos he's sporting...
The reaction to the first official image of Jared Leto as The Joker was divisive to say the least. The drastically different look which included metallic teeth and tattoos upset some fans, with many convincing themselves that the tattoos all over his body were there just to celebrate the character's 75th anniversary. That's a pretty stupid theory, right? Well, perhaps not according to JoBlo.com.
The site's source apparently tells them that "the Joker image everybody is talking about isn't a genuine image and doesn't match up with how he looks on set." Hang on a second though, the image was Tweeted out by DC Comics, Suicide Squad director David Ayer, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder, and a number of others, so it's hardly a fake! What it may have been though is an attempt to trick fans as "He's missing scars (which we reported on a while back as mementos from his history with Batman) and the grill/teeth are a kind of WTF addition to the image. Our source elaborates that he's scarred on his back and arms and his skin is definitely whiter than what we see below. The tattoos are brand new if even real, and may have been added to cover up the areas where his scars will be." Nope, I'm not buying that for a second!
Warner Bros. must have known the level of coverage that the first image of The Joker in the DC Cinematic Universe would receive, and I don't buy them putting out one with a bunch of fake additions like the teeth and tattoos. That's clearly Leto and is no doubt how he'll look in the movie. Could the tats be covering scars that they don't want us to know about? Why cover them up in the first place? We'll wait and see, but as rumours go, I'm not buying into this one for a second.
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