Jared Leto Speaks About Being the Joker in SUICIDE SQUAD For the First Time



He is a method actor which means he stays in character and takes his work home with him when on the job. Actor Jared Leto is the Joker in SUICIDE SQUAD and he played pranks, mind games, sent creepy gifts to the cast and more while in character throughout filming of the film and he has spoke about it for the first time in the latest issue of Empire Magazine (via CBM).

"There was definitely a period of... detachment. I took a pretty deep dive. But this was a unique opportunity and I couldn't imagine doing it another way. It was fun, playing those psychological games. But at the same time it was very painful, like giving birth out of my prick hole. 
"I always get the sense that The Joker may be much older than people think. It's something different. If you don't break rules, you're not going to strike new ground. I think I'll be cooling down for the rest of my life."

Director David Ayer chimed in.

"The Joker is the third rail of comic book movies. There's a power to that character, and by some freaking miracle, through the incredible things Jared has done and the photography and all the other millions of things that went into it, we've cooked up something transcendent. He's scary."

SUICIDE SQUAD releases on August 5, 2016.