Eisithombe sakhe sikaHeath Ledger sihambisana nesigcawu sokuqoshwa kwe-Batman: The Dark Knight, ukuqhubeka kokubuyekezwa okumangalisayo komlingiswa ohamba phambili ku-DC (yize mhlawumbe engeyena owaziwa kakhulu) nguChristopher Nolan. Kubukeka kufiphele kancane kodwa usuyabona ukuthi sizoyibona kanjani le nguqulo entsha yesitha esikhulu selulwane. Okunye kuvela ekuhlolweni kombala lapho kungabonakali ngisho nokubonakala ngokuphelele (izinwele azikho luhlaza ngokwesibonelo).
Iqiniso lokuthi i umlingisi U-Australia akaphumi ehleka akudingekile ukuba asenze sibe nombono mayelana nethoni ezonikeza umlingiswa, nakuba kusobala ukuthi ngeke kube kude naleyo uJack Nicholson amnike yona emsebenzini wokuqala, futhi ukuthi nakuba inakho mina ngokwami angikuthandanga ukuvunyelwa ngabagxeki kanye nomphakathi. Okokuqala, ngenxa yokuthi umlingisi kufanele abe umfana omncane, ngiyazi ukuthi angaba yinkunzi, kodwa ama-kilo engeziwe ka-Nicholson angenze ngabona umhumushi ongumakadebona njengo-clown kaMicolor kunoJoker.
Ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi uLedger angabeka i-spin ethakazelisa kakhulu kumlingiswa. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kufana nayo yonke into, mayelana nokuthandwa kombala, nokuthi ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu akusho ukuthi i-Joker entsha izophikisana ngokuphelele no-Batman, noma ukuthi izosekelwe enguqulweni u-Alan Moore asifundise yona. ku-La Killer ihlaya, noma ukuthi wonke umuntu uzokwaneliseka ngokubuyekezwa komlingiswa onjalo ovela eqenjini lamahlaya.
