John Lithgow Purposefully Bombed His Joker Audition For Tim Burton's Batman

Dec 19 2022 by /Film

 

There's a pretty easy argument to be made that the Joker is the most iconic comic book villain of all time. Certainly, he's one of the most easily recognizable, especially after an Oscar win for the late Heath Ledger and a nomination for Joaquin Phoenix for their respective performances in the role. Still, as great as Ledger and Phoenix were as the Clown Prince of Crime, for some fans no one will ever match Jack Nicholson's iconic turn in Tim Burton's 1989 film "Batman."

Nicholson's...

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