Overnight it’s been rumoured in the trades that a key character in Todd Phillips Joker has been cast.
Deadline and several other major websites are all carrying the story that Alec Baldwin has been cast as Thomas Wayne. This is reportedly the role that Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen recently passed on playing.
According to reports Thomas Wayne will be a “a cheesy and tanned businessman who is more in the mold of a 1980s Donald Trump”. A departure from his comics origins but perfectly in keeping this with Elseworlds type movie setup.
The film is due to enter production in September so we expect confirmation of this casting to come very soon.
Joaquin Phoenix takes the lead in Joker and will star alongside Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2), Frances Conroy (American Horror Story), Marc Maron (Glow) and 2x Academy Award-winner Robert De Niro.
Joker will be released on October 4, 2019. For all our Joker coverage head to our archive!
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