Barry Keoghan has shared his audition tape that landed him the position of the Joker in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman.”
The actor, 29, revealed in a brand new interview with GQ UK that he despatched the unsolicited tape to Reeves’ workforce quickly after listening to concerning the challenge. Keoghan was angling for the a part of the Riddler, which first went to Jonah Hill after which lastly to Paul Dano. Nonetheless, the video caught Reeves’ consideration and secured the “Dunkirk” star a spot within the forged as one other Batman villain — the Joker.
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In his audition tape, Keoghan steps out of an elevator wearing black pants, a black shirt, vibrant inexperienced suspenders and a bowler cap. His eyes are closely lined with black eyeliner. He meanders by way of what seems to be an empty residence hallway whereas wielding a cane seemingly as an extension of his physique. On the finish of the tape, Keoghan seems with a bloody handprint on his cheek as he stares menacingly forward. Saint-Saëns’ “Danse Macabre” performs all through.
“I needed to be Riddler,” Keoghan advised GQ UK, including that he discovered the position had already been forged solely after submitting his audition. Nonetheless, 4 months later, he obtained a fortuitous name from his agent. “‘The Batman’ desires you to play the Joker — however you can not inform anybody,’” Keoghan recalled his rep telling him.
The Irish-born actor went on to say that he needed his portrayal of the comedian guide baddie to be “a bit charming and a bit damage […] a broken-down boy.” He even fought the film’s make-up workforce who needed to vary the looks of his blue eyes for the position.
“I needed some form of human in there behind the make-up,” Keoghan stated. “I need folks to narrate to him…[to know] this can be a façade he places on.”
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As for whether or not he’ll reprise his position because the Joker in “The Batman 2,” the actor says he’s nonetheless ready to listen to from Reeves. “As quickly as that decision comes I’m there, man, I’m there,” Keoghan stated.
Reeves has beforehand urged that the Joker won’t return within the franchise’s subsequent installment.
“It’s not an Easter egg scene,” Reeves stated of Keoghan’s Joker scene that ends “The Batman.” “It’s not a kind of finish credit Marvel or DC scenes the place it’s going, like, ‘Hey, right here’s the following film!’ In truth, I don’t know when or if we might return to that character within the films.”