If you haven’t seen The Batman, you might want to stay away from this deleted scene released by Warner Bros — spoilers ahead.
In an interview with Variety after the film’s release, director Matt Reeves talks about a cameo appearance that was originally meant to be bigger, featuring actor Barry Keoghan at Arkham Asylum. The deleted scene shows Keoghan as the Joker in full makeup (something Reeves’ team thought out carefully), telling Robert Pattinson’s Batman, “It’s almost our anniversary, isn’t it?”
The Batman is visiting his cackling Arkham associate in order to understand and hopefully apprehend the masked serial killer murdering high-profile Gotham residents.
“He’s a nobody, wants to be somebody,” the Joker says. “He feels these people have all wronged him.” He goes on to unpack the Riddler’s psychology with surprising accuracy, and to get under Batman’s skin in ways no one else can.
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The Batman is now in theaters (without this scene).