No guarantee that Barry Keoghan will play Joker in The Batman sequel

Barry Keoghan is unsure if he will return as Joker for any sequel to The Batman.

The character appears near the end of The Batman in a conversation with The Riddler, played by Paul Dano. It was a short and sweet introduction to this new incarnation of Joker.

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However, it soon became known that Keoghan had filmed more scenes as the character, and this was shown via a deleted scene that was released. In it, Robert Pattinson's Batman visits Joker in Arkham Asylum in an attempt to learn more about the murderous Riddler. It was a scene that evoked memories of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.

The actor's performance left fans wanting to see more of his version of the character, but even though The Batman 2 is currently being written by Matt Reeves, Keoghan doesn't know if he'll appear.

“Obviously, I’d love another crack,” he said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

“I’ve got a ton of back work done on him. If an opportunity does arise, but, you know, they make the call, and I’ve got to respect that. I’ve got a few other things I’d love to bring. Actually, I have this little half-Moleskin book I’ve written a lot in already, and so yeah, I want to show people what that is.”

Keoghan found playing Joker intimidating

Though Keoghan has short screen time - and even shorter on the theatrical release - he threw himself into the role, which he found intimidating due to having to live up to Heath Ledger's portrayal in The Dark Knight, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

“It's very intimidating ," the Irishman told Collider.

"Heath Ledger was the best for me. So you have a lot of people to draw from and that. But again, you bring your version to it. That's what I do with any character I play, is no one has seen my version of it.

"And again, going back to it, I don't want to be like so-and-so, and follow that method and that method. I want to do me. I want to bring my version, because I feel that is new in a way, and unique, that when you bring your version no one has seen it. And that may make people relate to it. So it was intimidating, but I was excited for it.”