Jared Leto’s Joker look in ‘Justice League’ has a Harley Quinn Easter egg
In just eight days, Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League officially premieres on HBO Max. Although Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn doesn’t make an appearance in the four-hour film, Jared Leto is reprising his role as Joker. Now, one DC fan has noticed that Joker’s new look in Justice League includes a subtle Harley Quinn and […]
The anticipation surrounding The Snyder Cutis continuing the build as the one-week mark until its premiere approaches. Collectively, a lot of the buzz surrounding Justice League revolves around Jared Leto’s controversial return as Joker.
Now, one DC fan has noticed a subtle detail in Joker’s new look. Ahead of the film’s premiere, AT&T launched a Justice League exhibit in Dallas. The exhibit includes various props from the HBO Max film including some of the characters’ iconic costumes. In particular, an eagle-eyed fan noticed a Harley Quinn Easter egg hidden in Joker’s new outfit.
As for Leto, on Wednesday, fans were given another look at Joker ahead of the Justice League premiere. The exclusive photo from the set of the film shows the heavily armed villain with numerous police badges clipped to his bulletproof vest. This minor detail seemingly confirms the killing spree the villain may be on in The Snyder Cut.
Last week, Snyder explained why Joker changed his look for the new Justice League. As it turns out, the director drew inspiration for a specific source for the character. During the IGN interview, he also seemingly confirmed more Justice League films probably won’t happen.
“What inspired [Joker’s] look was the sort of post-apocalyptic world that I’m a huge fan of,” Snyder told IGN. “And, really, the idea was that as the movies progressed, the next movie—if there ever was one, and it doesn’t seem like there ever will be—but if there was, it would exist primarily in that world with them trying to set it right.”
Joker appears in the new Justice League during a sequence set on a ruined Earth after the alien tyrant Darkseid invades the planet.
“It’s a dream sequence, a psychic vision, experienced by Ben Affleck’s Bruce Waynethat reveals what will happen if the superheroes fail to stop the onslaught,” Snyder told Vanity Fair. “Joker is sort of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, supplying motivation through terror.”
For Snyder, this scene is particularly intriguing because it’s the first time Leto’s Joker and Affleck’s Batman truly come together.
“The cool thing about the scene is that it’s Joker talking directly to Batman about Batman,” Snyder said. “It’s Joker analyzing Batman about who he is and what he is. That’s the thing I also felt like fans deserved from the DC Universe. That is to say, the Jared Leto Joker and the Ben Affleck Batman, they never really got together. It seemed uncool to me that we would make it all the way through this incarnation of Batman and Joker without seeing them come together.”
“I’d always wanted to explore the death of Robin,” Snyder continues. “And if there ever was going to be a next movie, which, of course, there probably won’t be, I wanted to do a thing where in flashbacks we learn how Robin died. [Also] how Joker killed him and burned down Wayne Manor, and that whole thing that happened between he and Bruce.”