‘The Batman’ deleted scene shows Barry Keoghan’s Joker facing off with Robert Pattinson
nypost.comdeleted scene from the superhero flick.The scene showed actor Barry Keoghan’s character, the Joker, coming face to face with Robert Pattinson’s Caped Crusader.The five-minute clip showed a hazy Keoghan through a jail glass partition as he speaks with Batman.The “Eternals” star sports musty white clown makeup, razored ash blonde hair, handcuffs and an orange Arkham Asylum jumpsuit.“Almost our anniversary, isn’t it?” the crazy clown tells Batman in the clip.The superhero went to the Joker to get information on his current nemesis, the Riddler (played by Paul Dano), and why the prankster is leaving notes for Batman.“Maybe he’s a fan of yours?” Joker notes. “Or maybe he’s got a grudge against you, too.
Maybe you’re the main course.”The Joker then teases and taunts Bruce Wayne-as-Batman with the idea that there may be a tiny, minuscule slice of him that agrees with the Riddler’s actions since Gotham leaders are corrupt.“I think somewhere, deep down, you’re just terrified, because you’re not sure he’s wrong,” Joker laughs maniacally.
Following the film’s release earlier this month, director Matt Reeves very, very subtly confirmed that the Irish performer was in fact, the Joker.
In the movie’s end credits, he was listed as “Unseen Arkham Prisoner.”“He’s who you think he is,” Reeves told members of the press. “I would say the thing about the movie is that it isn’t a Batman origin story, but it is the origin story of every rogues’ gallery character that you come across.
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