Thats true, but the Joker was a great character before Ledger did him justice on the screen. The story must come first, and I'm sure someone could emulate the great performance (but probably not outdo it). It would be hard not to have him come back, the Joker is the Lex Luthor to Batman.
'old joker' would probably be a good way around the problem. no one should try to recreate ledger's performance, or carry it on, but if you let some time pass in the story, changes are allowed to happen, and the character can be modified without having to ask too many questions, then as an older character, the new actor can take what ledger did in mind, but will be allowed to take his own approach to the character, without having it change too much.
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Possibly after the next movie they could bring him back. I still don't like the idea though. Every actor has their own version of a particular character. There are only a handful of actors who could play the role so well, but only Heath Ledger could perform the same Joker.
A new actor will give us a new Joker, and possibly, not as good of a performance.
You know who might be a good joker? The guy on Prison Break. T-bag. He's could be a really twisted joker. Probably won't happen though.
Robert Downey Jr as The Joker:
"I'm the dude protecting the identity of the dude that's disguised as another dude"......
"Tuning ... into each other ... lift all higher”
“I’m just different!”
“ . . . Picture a cup in the middle of the sea”
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"The Dark Knight" is still on the tip of everyone's tongue. But now, instead of folks breathlessly asking each other if they've seen it, talk has turned to speculation over Batman's next foe. Who's it gonna be?
iVillage is reporting that the Caped Crusader may take on the Riddler in "Batman 3." According to the rumor mill, Johnny Depp might sign on to play the nefarious super-criminal. But caveat emptor—this could be just as false as the one about Crispin Glover playing the Joker.
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The word in the herd is that if the "old joker" route is taken then they are going to go after Daniel Day Lewis to play him....How freaking great would that be. Think of "Bill the Butcher" from Gangs of New York combined with "Daniel Plainview" from There Will be Blood. No one would be forgetting Ledger but Lewis definitely casts a loooong shadow...
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