The Joker

Fans of The Joker are some of the most sensitive in the world of comic books – if movie studios get him wrong on screen, there will be absolute uproar.

Heath Ledger’s casting was met with negative feedback and it wasn’t until he actually nailed the performance that fans felt appeased. In fact, it’s the brilliant performance of Ledger in 2008’s The Dark Knight that makes the next depiction of The Joker all the more worrying.

Jared Leto – who is a fantastic actor – will take on the role in 2016’s Suicide Squad and his version will be very different – you only have to look at his appearance in costume to know that.

However, there are rumours that DC and Warner Brothers are tinkering with the character himself – to the extent that he might actually be a twisted version of Jason Todd – and that would result in a negative response however you look at it.

Pictures from the set showing Ace Chemicals – the place where comic book Joker was scarred – have eased fears of the characters origins somewhat, but there are definitely concerns that the depiction could be terrible. Hopefully he’ll be awesome though.

What do you think? Are you worried about these upcoming depictions? Will they all turn out fine? Which other upcoming comic book movie characters could turn out terribly in movies? Have your say below.