Leto chopped off his signature ombre locks, bleached his hair after which dyed it inexperienced whilst additionally shaving off his eyebrows for his time because the Joker within the 2014 DC superhero flick. Upload in a number of tattoos, together with the phrase “Broken” on his brow, and silver tooth and you’ve got essentially the most excessive (and divisive) take at the mythical persona but.
However his transformation into the supervillain prolonged past his look, with the actor sending gag presents like “used condoms” and “anal beads” to his co-stars, together with Viola Davis and Margot Robbie. (There have been additionally rumors of Leto gifting a useless rat.)
“I did a large number of issues to create a dynamic, to create a component of wonder, of spontaneity, and to in reality wreck down any more or less partitions that can be there,” he informed E! Information on the premiere. “The Joker is any individual who does not in reality recognize such things as non-public area or obstacles.”
However in 2021, Leto clarified the reviews of his gag presents, telling Leisure Weekly, “Any of the only a few presents that had been ever given got with a spirit of a laugh and journey and won with laughter, a laugh and journey.”
He added, “I am taking part in a man referred to as the Joker, it is alright to play some jokes. Not anything ever crossed any traces, and it is not as much as other folks on the web to create the ones traces… I am an artist on the finish of the day. If I do one thing dangerous and you do not love it, principally, you’ll be able to kiss my ass.”
