The Mystery Of Heath Ledger"s Joker Scars May Have Just Got The Answer Nobody Needed

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Joker: Folie à Deux.
Behind the scenes details from Joker: Folie à Deux might have provided an answer to a long-running Joker mystery from 2008"s The Dark Knight. Joaquin Phoenix reprised his role of Arthur Fleck, in 2024"s Joker: Folie à Deux, with the sequel controversially seeing Fleck renounce his identity as Joker, instead confessing to his heinous crimes. While Phoenix"s Fleck didn"t want to be Joker, however, Heath Ledger"s interpretation of the DC Comics supervillain in Christopher Nolan"s The Dark Knight fully embraced this dark persona, perhaps spurred on by his recognizable scars.
Most interpretations of the Joker, in DC Comics and in live-action alike, have noticeable scarring on their face in the shape of a Glasgow smile. The true origins of the Joker"s scars have never been revealed in DC Comics, with the Batman villain preferring to keep his backstory "multiple choice", and the same has gone for his recent live-action adaptations. Most notably, Heath Ledger"s iconic Joker in The Dark Knight didn"t reveal the cause of his facial scars, but this mystery may now have been answered thanks to one detail from Joker: Folie à Deux"s production.
Joker's Original Ending Was Supposed To Feature Arthur Carving His Own Face 2019's Joker Ended With Arthur Fleck Being Arrested Close Todd Phillips" Academy Award-winning Joker marked a fantastic debut for Joaquin Phoenix"s gritty, dark and realistic version of the iconic character. Towards the end of the movie, Arthur Fleck appears as Joker on a late-night show hosted by Murray Franklin, which ends with his shooting the host dead on live TV. He is arrested, but is able to briefly escape as a monumental riot breaks out in Gotham, with Joker as the instigator. Fleck stands atop the police car and smears blood on his face in the shape of a smile, but this wasn"t the original plan.


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