Suicide Squad
David Ayer shares a make - up test for Jared Leto ’s Joker forSuicide Squad . The 2016 pic was Warner Bros. and DC ’s first endeavor at a villain - centric film by bringing together some of the comic stain ’s antagonist . That includes the Clown Prince of Crime - albeit in a very limited way .
WhileSuicide Squadreceived mostly negative reviews , it earned a whopping $ 746.8 million worldwide against a budget of just $ 175 million . Considering its financial achievement , Warner Bros. was quick to dark-green sparkle a continuation and multiple spinoffs - includinga film focused on Harley Quinn and Joker . However , the latter has since been ( ostensibly ) vacate with Harley now spearheadingBirds of Prey ( And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)without her toxic love life interest . On top of that , between the arrival of the DCEU - separateJokerand Leto ’s next comic al-Qur’an part as Morbius The Living Vampire in Sony’sMorbius , not to mentionJames Gunn ’s soft reboot / subsequence , The Suicide Squad , it ’s get more and more unclouded that he wo n’t be back as the Joker - at least not anytime soon .
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Despite this , Ayer still continuously share snaps from the production of Suicide Squad , specially behind - the - aspect effigy of Leto ’s Joker . In his latest Instagram Story ( via / bewarey ) , the filmmaker uncover arguably the creepiest picture of the graphic symbol yet . Check out the photo below :
Looking closely at Leto ’s makeup , there are some key deviation to his final look in the theatrical adaptation of Suicide Squad , as well aspreviously revealed make - up covert testsfor the grapheme . However , arguably the biggest variety is the tattoo on Leto ’s frontal bone . Instead of " Damaged , " which was what fans saw on the big screen , it say " Blessed . " It ’s uncertain what the ink was hypothesise to represent or why Ayer eventually vary it , but it sure is n’t as cringeworthy as what ultimately ended up in theaters - something that Ayer even said to be a bad creative decision .
Coming intoSuicide Squad , anticipation on Leto ’s Joker was very gamy , bolster by reports thatthe doer went totally methodfor his preparedness . The photographic film ’s selling took advantage of that by prominently feature the Clown Prince of Crime , effectively trade the thought that he ’d be a major player in the tale . This is why the world was very upset upon learn that his involvement was n’t anything more than a canonised cameo . Admittedly , not everyone was a fan of what Leto did with the character . Some think it was overtop and overstated , but consider the modified covert fourth dimension for the villain in the motion picture , it seems unfair to base judgment on that one performance . unhappily , late late reports claim thatLeto ’s days play the iconic DC baddie are reasonably much over .
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Source : David Ayer ( via /bewarey )
