Leonardo DiCaprio as the Joker?

That’s what the fever swamp rumor mill is suggesting: “Sources say Warners will make an ambitious attempt to use [Martin] Scorsese to bring Leonardo DiCaprio into the world of comic-book movies.” The idea is that Scorsese and DiCaprio work together a lot, and thus having the one might entice the other to play the Joker for Scorsese’s DC Comics art film*.  Apparently this would not replace Jared Leto in DCU continuity, which will either please you or sadden you, depending. Continue reading Leonardo DiCaprio as the Joker?

Not precisely the trailer for Inception.

…although here you go:

Anyway: did Leoncardo DiCaprio stop sucking as an actor while I wasn’t paying attention? He doesn’t normally star in films that I’d watch – Gangs of New York was the last one, I think (and, come to think of it, he was good in it) – but he seems to be continuing to have a decent career, which suggests a certain competence.