The whole world pretty much knows how good Heath Ledger was as The Joker. Apart from receiving nearly unanimous praise for his work, Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Bale is ...

Heath Ledger famously portrayed the Clown Prince of Crime in a posthumous Oscar-winning turn. By Christy Piña Associate Editor Phoenix sat down for Rick Rubin’s Tetragrammaton podcast (below), for a ...

Joaquin Phoenix is one of two actors to win an Oscar for playing the Joker. But that doesn't mean he's the best version of the DC villain. Heath Ledger, Jack Nicholson, and Cameron Monaghan all gave ...

Heath Ledger died months before The Dark Knight arrived in theaters. As a result, the actor never got to see the response to his performance as The Joker or receive the "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar, ...

In the final performance before his death, the Australian actor portrayed the villain in the 2007 film The Dark Knight. For his performance, the actor delved into the deep and twisted nature of the ...

Joaquin Phoenix was recently present for a 2-hour long chat, where he revealed how he almost landed the job to play Joker in The Dark Knight (2008). On the podcast Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin, the ...

Jared Leto was not impressed by the massive popularity of Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker movie. So he decided to lash out.

Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in 'Joker: Folie à Deux' and Heath Ledger as the Joker in 'The Dark Knight' Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection Joaquin Phoenix had his turn at playing the Joker ...

Joaquin Phoenix played his Joker cards over the long haul. As for Phoenix, "I wasn’t ready then," he said. "That’s one of those things where it’s like, ‘What is in me that’s not doing this?’ And it’s ...