Barry Keoghan’s look because the Joker on the very finish of The Batman was one of many massive surprises within the movie, main followers to query whether or not the character is deliberate to take a bigger function in a future movie. In a latest interview, Keoghan has defined extra in regards to the function, saying he hasn’t heard something about The Batman 2, however nonetheless hopes to play the Joker once more.

In the GQ interview, Keoghan explains that he really needed to play The Riddler, which is what he was aiming for when he despatched his unsolicited audition tape. The tape has now been shared by GQ, exhibiting Keoghan in a Riddler outfit involving a bowler hat and inexperienced suspenders over darkish garments. The tape is usually in regards to the actor’s physicality, exhibiting Keoghan wandering by a hallway earlier than committing an unspecified act of violence off display screen.

While Jonah Hill had already been forged within the function, later to get replaced by Paul Dano, Keoghan nonetheless requested producer Dylan Clark to look at his tape. Four months later, he received a name asking him to play the Joker–and to maintain it secret.

Keoghan solely ended up in a single temporary scene on the very finish of The Batman, although an extended deleted scene along with his Joker has been uploaded to YouTube. Like different takes on the Joker, Keoghan’s model of the character is adorned with heavy prosthetic scarring, although the actor insisted on protecting his eyes the identical. “I needed some kind of human in there behind the make-up,” he defined. “I need individuals to narrate to him.”

At current, Keoghan hasn’t heard something a few sequel, although Robert Pattinson, author Mattson Tomlin, and director Matt Reeves are to this point all confirmed to be returning for an additional movie. He’s nonetheless hoping to return to the function, nevertheless, with The Batman’s ending feeling like a promise of one thing bigger. “As quickly as that decision comes, I’m there man, I’m there,” Keoghan guarantees.