Willem Dafoe will forever be one of the greatest villains in cinematic history. His performances as the maniacal Norman Osborne/Green Goblin in Spider-man and Spider-man No Way Home are nothing short of exceptional.
His portrayals have been so good in fact, that fans have been asking for him to play the Joker for a number of years now. And the actor has been listening apparently.
Dafoe’s Joker sequel pitch
In a recent interview with GQ, Willem Dafoe talked about how he has “fantasized” about playing the Joker.
There is something interesting about, like, if there was a Joker imposter. So it would be possible to have not dueling Jokers but someone that says to be the Joker that isn’t the Joker. And that kind of opens up the possibility of an interesting story, particularly if you had Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker, and then you had someone who was either imitating or riffing off what he did. I fantasized about that.
Willem Dafoe
Clearly, the actor has put some real thought into this. Hopefully DC are listening. Imagine Willem Dafoe’s Joker opposite Batman. It certainly would be a sight to behold, imposter or not.
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This would make total sense as the prevailing thought is that Phoenix’s Joker is more of a Proto-Joker. This is the original mad man at the end of his rope that the Joker we all recognize modeled himself after. In this light, all of the Batman Jokers are in a sense “fake jokers” with each presenting a slightly different twist on the character as they take up the mantle.