The Batman's Deleted Scene Makes Barry Keoghan's Joker Role Even Better

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Warning: Contains SPOILERS for The Batman. 

A scene detailing the Joker's history with the Dark Knight was cut from The Batman, and it's better without that deleted scene. One of The Batman's biggest reveals comes late in the movie, with the appearance of the Joker, played by Barry Keoghan. Director Matt Reeves keeps the Clown Prince of Crime deliberately hidden in the darkness of his Arkham cell, with only the slightest glimpse of his scars and green hair, albeit its enough to make it clear who the prisoner is supposed to be.

The Joker having such a minor role in a new Batman movie is a surprise, and it was almost a little bigger. Reeves has confirmed a cut sequence that would've introduced viewers to the iconic villain earlier in the movie, as Robert Pattinson's Batman looked to deal with the threat of the Riddler and learn more about how to stop him. That would've involved him heading into Arkham to talk to his old foe, and The Batman's deleted Joker scene would've revealed their past, with the clown commenting that it was almost their «anniversary.»

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The Batman's deleted scene confirmed Batman had put Joker in Arkham, which would've radically altered the movie even in a short sequence of events. There's almost no question that the scene itself would've been done well, given how good both Pattinson and Keoghan are as actors and in their respective roles (or at least, based on Keoghan's previous form and what little is shown of him in the movie). Nonetheless, it's for the better that The Batman's Joker scene was deleted, since it allows the focus to remain on the Riddler as the film's main villain, which the scene likely would've risked overshadowing.

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