Warning: This article contains spoilers for Joker: Folie à Deux.
Behind the scenes details of Joker: Folie à Deux May have provided an answer to a long-running Joker mystery from 2008 The Dark Knight. Joaquin Phoenix reprized his role of Arthur Fleck in 2024 Joker: Folie à DeuxThe controversial sequel saw Fleck renounce his identity as the Joker, instead confessing to his heinous crimes. While Phoenix’s character did not want to be Joker, however, Heath Ledger’s interpretation of the DC Comics supervillain in Christopher Nolan’s. The Dark Knight Fully embraces this dark persona, perhaps spurred on by his recognizable scars.
Most interpretations of the Joker, in DC Comics and in live-action alike, have noticeable scarring on their face in the form of a Glasgow smile. The true origins of the Joker’s scars have never been revealed in DC Comics, with the Batman villain preferring to keep his backstory “many choices”, And the same was true for his recent live-action adaptations. Most notably, Heath Ledger’s iconic Joker in The Dark Knight has not revealed the cause of his facial scars, but the mystery may now be answered thanks to one detail from Joker: Folie à Deux’s Production.
The original Joker ending was supposed to have Arthur carving his own face
2019’s Joker ended with Arthur Fleck arrested
Todd Phillips Academy Award-winning Joker Was a fantastic debut for Joaquin Phoenix’s gritty, dark and realistic version of the iconic character. At the end of the movie, Arthur Fleck appears as Joker on a late-night show hosted by Murray Franklin, which ends with him shooting the host dead on live television. He is arrested, but is able to narrowly escape as a monumental riot breaks out in Gotham, with Joker as the instigator. Fleck stands on top of the police car and smears blood on his face in the form of a smile, but that wasn’t the original plan..
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Joker Originally ended with Arthur Fleck carving a Glasgow smile into his face before the crowd of his followers. This would have brought Phoenix’s depiction of the character much more in line with his DC Comics counterpart, but it didn’t come to fruition, and the reason is now revealed. Joker: Folie à Deux ends with Arthur Fleck being killed by a young inmate at Arkham Asylum, played by Connor Storry, who then proceeds to carve a Glasgow smile into his own face, bringing the moment planned for Joker In life-fight once-and-for-all.
Christopher Nolan reportedly nixed Joker’s scars reveal
The original ending of Joker was apparently changed by Christopher Nolan
The Hollywood Reporter revealed that The Dark Knight Director Christopher Nolan apparently asked for the scene of Arthur Fleck carving his face in Joker to be changed. According to, it was because Nolan, who was previously a Warner Bros. Mainstay believed that only his Joker, portrayed by the late Heath Ledger, should cut his face. Christopher Nolan has nothing to do with the development of 2019 JokerAnd has no claim to the DC Comics villain, so this was a ridiculous request by the filmmakersBut Warner Bros. Changed this scene nonetheless.
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Christopher Nolan’s Batman movie |
Year |
Box Office |
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Batman begins |
2005 |
$373.7 million |
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The Dark Knight |
2008 |
$1.006 billion |
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The Dark Knight Rises |
2012 |
$1.085 billion |
Christopher Nolan no longer has a regular partnership with Warner Bros., so the scene of Connor Storrie’s Arkham inmate carving his own Glasgow smile in Joker: Folie à Deux Maybe it was a sharp blow to the embattled director. of course, It probably would have been much more impressive if it had been Arthur Fleck submitting to this scaring, especially since it could have made for a more satisfying sequel. For many disgruntled viewers. However, Nolan’s request for Joker Comes with another stinger that also changes how you will watch The Dark Knight.
Nolan’s report accidentally answers one of DC’s longest running mysteries
Joker detail suggests Heath Ledger’s Joker carved his own Glasgow smile
Although it is unclear exactly what Christopher Nolan said to achieve this Joker scene changed, The Hollywood Reporter Suggest that he notices only his joker “shall cut his face” Implies that Heath Ledger’s Joker inflicted the scarring on himself. The Joker provided two origin stories for his Glasgow smile in The Dark KnightOne included an abusive father, and one in which he shook himself to comfort his frightened, violent wife. Although it is possible that none of these stories are true, The THR Joker: Folie à Deux Exposure suggests Ledger’s Joker scaring himself, answered a 16-year-old mystery that perhaps should have remained secret.
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