I mean, listen: Bender will give anybody a run for his money. Would you consider the Joker the darkest, most twisted character you've ever portrayed?ĭiMaggio: Yeah, I would, I definitely would. My Joker laugh comes from somewhere within.

You have to really be there, so that's the most important thing. It really isn't something that's easy to duplicate. The laugh is organic, it's connected to the chaotic evil nature of the character. The second thing is you have to be sure to have plenty of oxygen, because you have to let it rip because you really have to let it go and be out of control just to put you in that mindset. But to do the laugh correctly, one, you have to be in the right state of mind and really where the Joker is in the story to provoke the laugh. One of the things I love about your performance as the Joker is you're not trying to ape Jack Nicholson or Mark Hamill or Cesar Romero. Where did you come up with the idea for your Joker voice and, of course, the laugh?ĭiMaggio: What's funny is there is a little bit of Cesar Romero in mine. To be able to be like 'I got to do it again!' is pretty awesome. But it was a real thrill I had to sit on this for a long time and it was just really cool. Just being able to revisit that is really great! It shows that the work you did the first time is good enough to revisit it, that makes you feel really good. Getting to play the Joker once in your life is a real, real treat as an actor, as a performer. John DiMaggio: It was a joy, it was really a lot of fun. What's it like to come back to the Joker in the ten years since Under the Red Hood? RELATED: Batman: Death in the Family Releases Animated Opening Credits

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