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Adrien Brody on playing the Joker in The Dark Knight: "It was a role I felt very suited to do. That would have been such a dream role"

Brutalist actor Adrien Brody on playing the Joker, director Christopher Nolan and Heath Ledger's impact on the role in The Dark Knight.

Although he admits that he “wasn’t close” to getting the role of the Joker, decorated actor Adrien Brody says that he actually met with director Christopher Nolan to discuss playing the Clown Prince of Crime in The Dark Knight on a recent episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. Brody, who most recently starred as a Holocaust survivor in 2024 period drama The Brutalist, said, “It was a role that I felt very suited to do,” but also acknowledged that “Heath did such a remarkable job in that movie. When asked about the importance and ambition behind playing the Joker, Brody said, “Any actor who has a degree of edge would like to delve into a dark character like that, especially with a filmmaker like Christopher Nolan who brought such a profound vision.

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