No offense intended to Mads Mikkelsen, who is by all accounts a lovely and charming man, but there’s just something about his face that makes him idea for playing sinister villains who present a facade of charm and charisma to disguise their true intentions. That’s not to say he can’t play a variety of different roles, and most recently he gave an incredible performance as a schoolteacher experimenting with alcoholism in Danish dramatic comedy Another Round, but in big budget Hollywood projects he tends to be the bad guy.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a notable exception to the rule, but in Casino Royale, Paul W.S. Anderson’s The Three Musketeers, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Doctor Strange and upcoming Wizarding World prequel Fantastic Beasts 3, he’s been asked to use his particular set of skills to play break bad.
With that in mind, we’re now hearing from our sources – the same ones who told us Green Lantern, Justice League Dark and the Snyder Cut of Justice League were all heading to HBO Max long before any of the three were confirmed – that Warner Bros. are also eying him to play one of multiple versions of the Joker.
According to our intel, the Joker universe established by Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips will inspire many people to slap on the face paint and indulge their more sociopathic tendencies, with Arthur Fleck serving as an inspiration. We already know that the studio is planning to move forward with two distinct Batman franchises, and with the Joker already being heavily rumored for a role in one of Matt Reeves’ sequels, there’s no reason why WB wouldn’t pull double duty on the Dark Knight’s arch-nemesis as well.
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