First official look at Jared Leto as a cap-toothed, tattooed Joker on the Toronto set of Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad director David Ayer tweeted the first official image of Jared Leto as a cap-toothed, tattooed Joker on Friday.
In it, the 43-year-old Oscar winner flashes his silver-capped teeth and full-body Joker ink, including the word 'damaged' across his forehead.
The Dallas Buyers Club star ended up resembling an emerald-green-haired version of Houston rapper Riff Raff (born Horst Simco).
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'Happy 75th anniversary, Mr. J!' Suicide Squad director David Ayer tweeted the first official image of Jared Leto as a cap-toothed, tattooed Joker on Friday
Leto - famed for his commitment to roles - shaved off his eyebrows, beard, and chopped off his luscious mane of ombré tresses.
'The opportunity to take on this nearly Shakespearean character - that's what graphic novels and comic books are becoming, right? [He's] this beautiful disaster of a character - what a big challenge,' the Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman told Billboard in February.
'I'm trying to gain a lot of weight. It means I have to eat every couple of hours - and I'm terrible at eating a lot.'
Rocking a single purple glove: In it, the 43-year-old Oscar winner flashes his silver-capped teeth and full-body Joker ink, including the word 'damaged' across his forehead
Double take: The Dallas Buyers Club star ended up resembling an emerald-green-haired version of Houston rapper Riff Raff (born Horst Simco) - pictured in 2012
On April 9, Ayer tweeted a snap of Jared posing like Joker on the 1988 cover of DC Comics' Batman: The Killing Joke - perhaps a hint at the plotline.
The Joker is well-charted territory - Leto is the fourth man to portray the clown prince of crime on the big screen.
In 2008, Heath Ledger scored a posthumous Oscar for his menacing rendition of a scarred, lipstick-smeared Joker in The Dark Knight.
Transformation: Leto - famed for his commitment to roles - shaved off his eyebrows, beard, and chopped off his luscious mane of ombré tresses (pictured February 22)
The Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman said: 'The opportunity to take on this nearly Shakespearean character -[he's] this beautiful disaster of a character - what a big challenge'
Leto said: 'I'm trying to gain a lot of weight. It means I have to eat every couple of hours - and I'm terrible at eating a lot'
A hint at the plot? On April 9, director David Ayer tweeted a snap of Jared
And three-time Oscar winner Jack Nicholson spent two hours each day in the make-up chair to craft the ominous grin of his colourful, wisecracking Jack Napier.
On Tuesday, the 77-year-old icon told TMZ outside Mr. Chow that he thought Jared would be 'fine' as the giggly, psychotic supervillain.
His most memorable villain/victim was undoubtedly the snobby investment banker Paul Allen in the 2000 cult classic American Psycho.
Well-charted territory: In 2008, Heath Ledger scored a posthumous Oscar for his menacing rendition of a scarred, lipstick-smeared Joker in The Dark Knight
Jared will be 'fine' as Joker: Three-time Oscar winner Jack Nicholson spent two hours in the make-up chair to craft the ominous grin of his colourful, wisecracking Jack Napier
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Less memorable were Leto's portrayals of portly John Lennon assassin Mark David Chapman in Chapter 27, and a screachy cornrows-clad burglar called Junior in Panic Room.
The My So-Called Life heartthrob will be going back and forth to Toronto through September to film Suicide Squad.
Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, and Viola Davis have also been cast in the Warner Bros. adaptation - which comes out August 5, 2016.
Meanwhile, Jared's band 30STM will next take their Adventures in Wonderland Tour to Austria's ski resort Ischgl in Tyrol on May 2.
'Day 1 #SuicideSquad': The My So-Called Life heartthrob will be going back and forth to Toronto through September to film Suicide Squad
Always on the road: Meanwhile, Jared's band 30STM will next take their Adventures in Wonderland Tour to Austria's ski resort Ischgl in Tyrol on May 2
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- David Ayer on Twitter: "The Suicide Squad wishes you a Happy Anniversary Mr. J! #Joker75 #SuicideSquad @WarnerBrosEnt @DCComics http://t.co/LZXz0x947Q"
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