LaKeith Stanfield says it is inevitable that he will play The Joker

[Jello Biafra]

Stanfield gave a wide-ranging interview to Deadline about Sorry To Bother You in preparation for awards season and during the interview he made it known he wants to play The Joker and feels it is "inevitable" that he will one day embody the part of Batman's greatest enemy:

“I want people to dress up as me as black Joker, when that inevitably happens,” says Stanfield. He’s not kidding. Earlier generations wanted to play Hamlet. Today’s true artistic coup is landing the part of Batman’s lead villain. “I just think there are so many things that haven’t been touched yet in terms of how the performance can be delivered,” he says, adding, “When I make the movie myself.”

Read the whole article here: The Weird Science Of Lakeith Stanfield: ‘Sorry To Bother You’ And The ‘Batman’ Villain He’s Determined To Play

 

[Family Lives Matter]

Good luck

 

[manyfaces]

Stanfield gave a wide-ranging interview to Deadline about Sorry To Bother You in preparation for awards season and during the interview he made it known he wants to play The Joker and feels it is "inevitable" that he will one day embody the part of Batman's greatest enemy:

“I want people to dress up as me as black Joker, when that inevitably happens,” says Stanfield. He’s not kidding. Earlier generations wanted to play Hamlet. Today’s true artistic coup is landing the part of Batman’s lead villain. “I just think there are so many things that haven’t been touched yet in terms of how the performance can be delivered,” he says, adding, “When I make the movie myself.”

Read the whole article here: The Weird Science Of Lakeith Stanfield: ‘Sorry To Bother You’ And The ‘Batman’ Villain He’s Determined To Play

I think he could body that role. He got hella range as an actor. Thought he had the standout performance in Shortterm 12 and he's done nothing but shine in his roles since.

 

[Clark Wayne]

Doesn’t seem impossible. Some white fanboys will rage online but the Joker role involves heavy makeup so I can see a black actor getting the part someday.

 

[darealvelle]

I can see him pulling it off too

 

[KravenMorehead™]

That nikka gettin shot up in the first act

 

[killacal]

That nikka gettin shot up in the first act

"When I make the movie myself.”

No he's not

 

[Somebody]

Doesn’t seem impossible. Some white fanboys will rage online but the Joker role involves heavy makeup so I can see a black actor getting the part someday.

seeing as how clowns have been used as a racist trope, it fits well. i think that's a part of what he's hinting at.

That nikka gettin shot up in the first act

then falls into the vat of chemicals

 

[Zero]

No one asked for SJW Joker

I am sick and tired of politics infecting my media

But you'd call it racist if we asked for a white Luke Cage

 

[Somebody]

No one asked for SJW Joker

I am sick and tired of politics infecting my media

But you'd call it racist if we asked for a white Luke Cage

that neckbeard

 

[RAX 010]

 

[hex]

After that terrible Leto version I don't wanna hear nobody complaining.

Fred.

 

[Blankthawtz]

And Donald Glover will be the next live action spiderman.....

 

[ezrathegreat]

A black joker would be a box office nightmare. White people would boycott the movie and black people wouldn't go see it just based on him being black.

 

[Beer Drinker]

Never thought about it till just now but damn I can see him killing the role.