First Official Look Of Jared Leto As The Joker!

To celebrate the Joker’s 75th birthday, Suicide Squad director David Ayer tweeted the first official image of Oscar winning actor Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) as the character.

The Suicide Squad wishes you a Happy Anniversary Mr. J! #Joker75 #SuicideSquad @WarnerBrosEnt @DCComics pic.twitter.com/LZXz0x947Q

— David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) April 25, 2015

Leto has short bright green hair, silver on his teeth, a bunch of creepy tattoos and the character’s iconic use of purple is present in the form of a glove on his right hand.

The pose itself references a panel from Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s one-shot graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke. This is the second time Ayer has referenced the story when posting an image of Leto. I think this is more about Ayer wanting to use iconic Joker imagery than it is an insight into the type of character we’ll be seeing on the big screen.

I doubt the Joker will look like this throughout the entire film but the picture does prove that Ayer will be taking the character in a different direction than previous live-action appearances.

Suicide Squad will star Jared Leto as The Joker, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Will Smith as Deadshot, Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Jay Hernandez most likely as El Diablo, and Cara Delevingne as Enchantress. Viola Davis will play Amanda Waller. The film is set to be released August 5, 2016.

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