Heath Ledger spoke to SFX magazine about the extraordinary make-up for his The Joker character in next summer’s The Dark Knight:

‘It’s made up of three pieces. It’s a new technology. It’s not a prosthetic. This guy created these silicone pieces and they stamp them on. It’s a lot quicker and super flexible. You hardly even know it’s on your face. If it were a prosthethic, I’d have to have my whole neck and jaw done.’

Meanwhile, Sir Michael Caine told Batman-on-Film how Ledger’s performance holds up to Jack Nicholson’s classic Joker from the Tim Burton film:

He says: ‘The problem was, how do you top Jack Nicholson as The Joker? Heath Ledger plays the Joker and he is fantastic. I couldn’t see how Jack could be topped but he’s at least equal to him. It’s extraordinary. Jack’s Joker was a very nasty old uncle, this Joker is a maniacal, murderous psychopath… When you see the make-up — he looks like he’s mentally gone. He puts the make-up on to disguise himself and then goes and never takes it off again, or washes, so gradually it looks like leprosy.’

The Batman Begins sequel opens in theaters July 18, 2008.

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