Reeves has since revealed that the character, played by actor Barry Keoghan, is The Joker. An earlier scene between Robert Pattinson's Batman and the character at the prison was cut, according to Reeves, who discussed all this on director's commentary for "The Batman."

This trend continued with Matt Reeves' The Batman, which told a new story outside of the main DCEU timeline. The movie also debuted Barry Keoghan's take on The Joker, and he was given one of the villain's classic looks in recent sequel fan art.

Jared Leto Jared Leto's Joker is one that is as much a departure from Ledger as Ledger was from Nicholson.