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DDL but The Dark Knight is a much better film.
I thought part of the point of the Ledger Joker was his mysterious origins. You weren't necessarily supposed to know (or believe) his motivations or backstory.Both great performances. I'll give the nod to DDL though because, as another poster mentioned, he brought more depth to the character.
Denzel in training day...
Good performances but not the most fantastic like many people make them out to be.
The craziest thing about that movie is the gang war was literally a real event.
A lot of that movie was based on reality.
This is a valid point, and it did occur to me. But even assuming that to be the case, the Joker would be a one-dimensional character, essentially a caricature, with the audience never seeing beyond superficial one-liners and anecdotes. Bill, in contrast, is an abstract character, the nuances of which DDL would have to convey to the audience through his rhetoric, body language, etc.I thought part of the point of the Ledger Joker was his mysterious origins. You weren't necessarily supposed to know (or believe) his motivations or backstory.
Anarchy and chaos don't have a raison d'etre, after all.
I gotta go with Joker here. It's hard to re-invent a character to be more successful compared to previous iconic portrayals.
There have been a lot of portrayals of the Joker. Some of them quite iconic. And the fact that Heaths version and interpretation was vastly different is part of what made his performance so great.Not neccesaarily. And there have only been a handful of portayals of The Joker. It's not like Hamlet or something, which hundreds, if not thousands of actors have attempted to play.
You could also argue that a role like Joker is built up, and you can draw on so much from the comics and animated versions, that it's easier for an actor to come up with a performance.