A Creepier Joker

August 8, 2008 in Movies with 1 Comment

/film reports that the early concepts for Dark Knight’s Joker was intentionally creepier, and would probably haunt the dreams for most viewers. The images are from The Art of the Dark Knight, something I need to pick up after seeing these.

Admittedly, I think they went for the best choice with a more tame version on Heath Ledger. The character itself was better off when Ledger added his own facial expressions to it, expressions that wouldn’t have communicated as well with this early concept.

Does this give you goosebumps?

Concept Art via /film

About Tim Quirino: Tim founded Geekadelphia with Eric Smith in 2007. Now a multimedia designer @ QVC & Creative Director @ Big Red Tank, he writes from time to time but mostly just administrates and designs for the blog. By night, he romps around Northern Liberties. When not bowling, designing, or eating a ton of food, he can be found with his amazing girlfriend or hanging out with his pet rabbit. When she's not in town, he plays a lot of video games, and pretends to be a rock star in his underwear.

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One Response to “A Creepier Joker”

  1. mandy August 8, 2008 at 4:03 pm #

    definitely creepy, albeit more of a “Leatherface meets Metrosexual” look. i think i may have even preferred this to Ledger’s greasy green balding mop.

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