Bill Skarsgård shows interest in playing the Joker- "There's a pretty cool Joker in me and it would be very sick”

Swedish performer Bill Skarsgård, who made a name for himself in Hollywood as Pennywise for the It franchise, has now expressed interest in portraying the DC Comics supervillain, Joker.

In an interview with American YouTuber Josh Horowitz, Skarsgård discussed how he has always supported the underdog and doesn't believe that heroes exist.

The Swedish phenom also added:

"There's a pretty cool Joker in me and it would be very sick”

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Bill Skarsgård shows interest in playing DC's antithesis of Batman

As previously mentioned, Bill Skarsgård has stated that he would like to portray the character of Joker, DC's antithesis of Batman. Skarsgård disclosed in the aforementioned interview with Horowitz that Dracula is the most terrifying of all the legendary horror figures, according to him.

When asked by the Youtuber about whether he would be Batman or Joker, he replied:

"Maybe both. I can be sort of a schizophrenic…Batman is Joker and Joker is Batman. You know actors do that when they play like twins or like you know sounds so exhausting like shooting in like changing outfits and then like acting opposite to yourself t..."

Bill Skarsgård added:

"I don’t know man like yeah I think you know I do believe there could be a fu*king joker in me probably somewhere. I think that could be pretty sick."

Check out Bill Skarsgård's comments below (33:45):

When asked, Skarsgård revealed Heath Ledger to be his favorite actor playing the character of Joker. Praising Ledger, he said how the deceased actor was his role model, and thay his death had really affected him.

According to Skarsgård, he believes that he has always supported the antagonists in traditional Hollywood films since he doesn't believe that there are genuine or perfect heroes.

Skarsgård, who also thinks that "weird is interesting", added:

"I think what is f*cked up and complicated and messy I tend to go like okay this is a challenge and you know it’s instinctual…”

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Bill Skarsgård will reprise of Pennywise in It: Welcome to Derry

Bill Skarsgård will reprise his role as the freaky and scary clown Pennywise in the prequel series It: Welcome to Derry, which is based on Stephen King’s novel It. The series is set to hit the small screens in 2025.

This TV series It: Welcome to Derry will serve as a prequel to It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019). Skarsgård starred as Pennywise in both the aforementioned films. He found the character “abstract” and also revealed that the actor who plays this character anytime in the future should be familiar with King’s novels.

In an interview with Jake Hamilton, the Swedish actor said :

"If someone else gets to do it, my advice would be: Do it your own. Make it your own. Have fun with it. What I found pleasurable about that character is how abstract he was...The book is really a gift in that way. So if someone would take it on, just go through the book and find all the clues. They're so out there that you can kind of make your own conclusions to them."

Check out Bill Skarsgård's comments below (5:50):

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