TDKR(eturns) Voice Casting
It was finally announced today who'll be playing the voice of the Joker in the upcoming The Dark Knight Returns animated adaptation of the iconic graphic novel.
And it's going to be... Benjamin Linus.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
"He's one of those great villains that an actor like me likes to play because he has layers - he has a face for the world and a face for himself," the Emmy-winning Emerson says of the Joker. "He is, in a way, a villain who is a natural actor. All of that is that is delightful and confounding at the same time."
Playing the unbridled fervor of the Joker was a switch from some of the more emotionally controlled roles on Emerson's resumé. "It's freeing because of the largeness of it," he says. "When he laughs, there's nothing subdued about it. When he screams in rage, there's nothing controlled about it. The amp is turned to 11 at all times."
I cannot wait to hear what he does with him. :D
And it's going to be... Benjamin Linus.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
"He's one of those great villains that an actor like me likes to play because he has layers - he has a face for the world and a face for himself," the Emmy-winning Emerson says of the Joker. "He is, in a way, a villain who is a natural actor. All of that is that is delightful and confounding at the same time."
Playing the unbridled fervor of the Joker was a switch from some of the more emotionally controlled roles on Emerson's resumé. "It's freeing because of the largeness of it," he says. "When he laughs, there's nothing subdued about it. When he screams in rage, there's nothing controlled about it. The amp is turned to 11 at all times."
I cannot wait to hear what he does with him. :D