From Heath Ledger's famously ill-fated but incredible turn to Jared Leto's weirdly method attempt at a one up, what is it about the Joker that affects the actors that play him? To be honest, there really isn't much to the curse unless you want to read into Cesar Romero being typecast after his campy turn or the fact that Leto REALLY wanted people to call him the joker in real life. Listen, this one is really just us shooting the shh. Sit back and don't take it too seriously. Life's a joke.

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