9. He thought the Joker was a genius.
There’s a big debate as to whether the Joker was just mad or whether there was the intelligence behind his actions. Heath made the Joker out to be not only a psychopath but a brilliant one at that. In the scene where he convinces Harvey Dent to go on his side is a classic example of how smart the Joker was.
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What you may not have noticed was that the Joker had his finger in such a way that even if Dent tried to kill him, the trigger hammer would have gone off. The Joker never had any intention of giving Dent a choice, he had no other option but to join his team or be killed.
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10. A lot of the scenes were improvised.
Heath added a few extra scenes into the movie and most of them made it into the film. During the scene where James Gordon finds out that he has been promoted to commissioner, the announcement was made and everyone in the room was clapping.
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The Joker joins in and slowly claps, mocking the commissioner. The clapping wasn’t supposed to be in the movie, Heath added it in.
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