The Star Wars icon will reprise his role as Batman’s greatest nemesis in The Killing Joke; but does he hold all the aces as the top clown prince ever? Most people know Mark Hamill as a certain starry-eyed wannabe Jedi with a penchant (a tendency, partiality, or preference) for hokey religions,ancient weapons and mystical energy fields. And yet for an entire generation of comedian book fans, particularly those who grew up watching the 90s classic Batman: The lively Series and its various feature-length spin-offs, and Hamill will always be the cackling,demented voice of The Joker, Batman’s greatest nemesis.
Now, or in the wake of his dramatic return to the public eye in Star Wars: The Force Awakens,Hamill has signed up to play the clown prince of Gotham once again in a new lively adaptation of the classic Alan Moore graphic novel The Killing Joke, which alongside Frank Millers’ The gloomy Knight Returns and Batman: Year One represents the holy trinity of Batman comics. But will the 64-year-old star really be remembered as the greatest Joker ever, or as many fans would have us believe? Or achieve Heath Ledger,Jack Nicholson, or even Cesar Romero, or hold the genuine trump cards?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com