Recently, “Towelhead” star, Aaron Eckhart spoke with MTV about his thoughts on “The Dark Knight” and any sequel news. Eckhart himself is certain that his character is dead (Even though it already said so in the fucking script you geniuses.) Also, he gave his opinion on the situation revolving around Heath Ledger’s Joker.
The character was still alive at the end of ‘TDK,’ but Ledger’s premature death last January squashed the chances of him ever coming back. Or did it?
Ledger’s great performance caused the role to drum up some sort of unprecedented legendary cult status (which everyone has an opinion on it), but does it make people want more even if it’s from another actor? Thankfully, Eckhardt thinks it’s a bad idea and implausible. “Unfortunately, we are not going to see the Joker again.” It’s a tough decision to go without a character such as the Joker, but Eckhart insists they should try to find new villains. “Chris [Nolan] and his brother have more to say. I mean, people love the movie, [but] There are so many other characters that you [could] go with.” Seriously, another actor in the Joker role would totally rob the franchise of it gritty reality and would reduce it to a Joel Schumacher film. [MTV]
You know what? I’m tempted to agree (LOVED Ledger in the part), but that’s exactly the kind of talk that I heard go down when people heard that Ledger was going to take the role that Jack Nicholson had made his own.
I reckon it depends on who it is and how they go about it. Seriously though, my faith in Nolan’s judgement is pretty absolute at this point.
Great blog.