For Leto, the role was no laughing matter.
It takes over your life and thats what I needed to do for myself.
As an actor, hes flinging himself into the abyss on that one, says Ayer.
Credit: Clay Enos
And he was scary on set.
Hed show up and it was like, Dude, you are f-ing creepy.'
The fun didnt end when filming wrapped.
(Yes, really.)
They didnt seem to mind.
I wanted to keep everything.
But in the end, he relied on instinct, just like the Joker would.
You dont know what the Joker is going to do next; you never do, says Leto.
It was intoxicating to have no rules.
