Batman: Who plays this character that everyone has recognized?

The following article will spoil one of Batman’s surprises. Read the movie at the risk of spoiling this event.

Before the release of Batman, Warner Bros. Announced that the actor was joining the long-awaited movie of DC Comics fans, but wouldn’t he “lie” a bit about the character he played? Because throughout the film this actor is seen briefly in another role. Explanations.

At the end of the feature film we can see Edward Neston (Paul Dano) locked up in Archem Psychiatric Hospital talking to another patient whose name is not named. However, all indications are that this is the Joker, Batman’s mythical antagonist. It was, moreover, Confirmed Matt ReevesFilm director.

The role of this joker is played by Barry Keogan, an actor who recently appeared in the films The Eternals and The Green Knight. However, during his casting, Keogan was announced as police officer Stanley Merkel. In comics, the latter is a Gotham cop who started his career with James Gordon. It first appeared in 1987 in issue 405 Batman.

But there is no question about Merkel in the film. Did the producer filter the name of the fake character so as not to reveal that Keogan was playing the mythical Joker? Did Merkel become a joker in the world of Matt Reeves? Given the age difference between Jeffrey Wright (56), who plays Gordon, and Keogan (29), the first theory is most likely.

Keogan also filmed the second scene, during the cut montage, which can be viewed here:

With the microphoneIGNReeves even confirmed that he filmed fake scenes to mislead people, including Barry Keogan in police uniform:

So we started thinking about what we could do to mislead people. Doing Stanley Merkel was exactly the idea, as police forces are important in this story, so it seemed convincing that we could do something like this.

The director also explained to AlloCiné that the Joker’s presence in Batman does not at all guarantee his presence in a potential sequel. He just wanted to set the character up so that viewers would realize the fact that Batman had already arrested criminals, including Keogan, though he did not become a “defined” joker because Bruce Wayne was still looking at himself as dark. Knight.

To see or watch the scene with this new version of the Joker, hurry up and discover Batman, who is currently in theaters.

And to wait, find our interview (without a lie) about Matt Reeves’ “Batman”: