Eumfanekiso wakhe Heath Ledger ihambelana mboniso evela Batman: The Dark Knight, ukuqhubeka uphononongo encomekayo umlinganiswa best in DC (nangona mhlawumbi hayi idumileyo) ngu Christopher Nolan. Ijongeka imfiliba kodwa sele uyabona ukuba siza kuyibona njani le nguqulelo intsha yolona tshaba lukhulu lwelulwane. Olunye luvela kuvavanyo lombala apho kungabonakali nokuba kubonakaliswe ngokupheleleyo (iinwele azikho luhlaza ngokomzekelo).
Inyaniso yokuba nomdlali I-Australian ayiphumi ehlekayo akufuneki isenze sibe nombono malunga nethoni eya kunika umlinganiswa, nangona kucacile ukuba akuyi kuba kude kulowo uJack Nicholson wamnika umsebenzi wokuqala, kwaye ukuba nangona kunjalo, andizange ndithande ukuvunywa ngabagxeki kunye noluntu. Okokuqala, ngenxa yokuba umlingiswa kufuneka abe yindoda encinci, ndiyazi ukuba unokuba yinkunzi, kodwa i-kilos eyongezelelweyo kaNicholson yandenza ndabona itoliki ye-veteran efana ne-clown kaMicolor kuneJoker.
Ke ndicinga ukuba uLedger unokubeka i-spin enomdla kakhulu kumlinganiswa. Kodwa ke, oku kufana nayo yonke into, malunga nokungcamla kombala, kwaye ndicinga ukuba oku akuthethi ukuba iJoker entsha izakuchasa ngokupheleleyo uBatman, nokuba iya kusekelwa kuguqulelo esifundiswe nguAlan Moore. eLa Killer joke, nokuba wonke umntu uya kwaneliseka kukuphononongwa komlinganiswa onjalo ovela kwiqela leecomics.