Suicide Squad has not been released yet but people are already raving about the performance given by Jared Leto as The Joker.
Umberto Gonzales, a well-known scooper in Hollywood said that the actor has "gone all out" with his character, even acting like The Joker after they have finished rolling a scene and the cameras are no longer on him.
It seems like Leto is gung-ho on delivering the best portrayal yet, and is pulling out all the stops in order to give a masterful delivery.
"I'm also told his performance will rival if not surpass Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker," Gonzales teased.
Ledger's portrayl as the iconic Joker in Batman: The Dark Knight was so chilling and convincing that he earned several posthumous awards for it, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture, and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
The Daily Telegraph cited him for his "deranged, demonic Lord of Chaos. It is a genuinely unsettling, brilliantly nuanced portrait of evil." The Times called it a "career-defining performance," adding that "Ledger is so terrifying and unpredictable that his very presence on screen makes you horribly nervous."
Ledger died on January 22, 2008 due to an overdose of drugs, several months after filming the movie. At the time, he was midway through his work on The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
It would be difficult for Leto to top Ledger's performance, but he is determined to give it his best shot. A lot of people are saying that his Joker would be more muscular compared to other portrayals, since Joker is always known for his lean physique.
At the same time, people are saying that he would be "more cerebral and comedic," which is really different from Ledger's Joker.
Before being cast into this role, Leto sported his trademark long locks and made his film debut in the 1995 movie How to Make An American Quilt. He played supporting roles in The Thin Red Line, Fight Club, and American Psycho before nabbing the lead role in Urban Legend.
He received rave reviews for portraying heroin addict Harry Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream, but nothing beats his performance as a transgender woman in the highly acclaimed 2013 movie Dallas Buyers Club, since it earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, among many others.
