Barry Keoghan Talks Joker Performance and Being Intimidated by Iconic Role in ‘The Batman’[Exclusive]

Barry Keoghan spoke with us about being intimidated by his iconic role in 'The Batman' and how he tried to craft his take on the Joker to be different from the actors that came before him.

Barry Keoghan didn’t have much screentime in the theatrical cut of Matt Reeves’ The Batman, but a deleted scene released a few weeks after the movie’s premiere showed how much he dedicated himself to bringing a new version of the Joker to the big screen. In an exclusive interview for The Banshees of Inisherin, Collider’s own Steven Weintraub spoke with Keoghan about his Batman experience and the actor revealed new details about being part of one of the biggest DC releases ever.

COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY “It's very intimidating [playing the Joker]. Heath Ledger was the best for me. So you have a lot of people to draw from and that. But again, you bring your version to it. That's what I do with any character I play, is no one has seen my version of it. And again, going back to it, I don't want to be like so-and-so, and follow that method and that method. I want to do me.

During the interview, Keoghan also discussed how it feels to watch a movie that he worked on for the first time. As the star reveals, he doesn’t get to enjoy the film like the audience, as he uses the experience to detect flaws in his performance and make notes to improve his craft. Keoghan says:

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