Three hours of The Batman wasn’t enough twisted madness for Matt Reeves. In a newly released deleted scene, we’re introduced to yet another Joker, Barry Keoghan, who was barely teased in the new film. Playing as Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter, Robert Pattinson’s Batman approaches the Joker for some assistance with Gotham foe The Riddler (Paul Dano).
The five-minute scene would’ve originally taken place right after Batman’s discovery that the Riddler has murdered Gotham’s police commissioner (Alex Ferns) with another epically cryptic note addressed to the Caped Crusader. What’s going on inside the demented brain of the Twitch-streaming serial murderer? There’s only one person who might know: the Joker.
Deep in the shadows of Arkham Asylum, the storied pair meet again. “Almost our anniversary, isn’t it?” the Joker, well, jokes. We’re not going to get any Joker-esque origin story in Reeves’ universe: these two have a long-established history.
