Barry Keoghan made a surprise appearance at the end of Matt Reeves’ The Batman as a new incarnation of the Joker, but it turns out the Irish actor originally auditioned for a different role in the big-budgeted superhero film.
The Dubliner appears briefly near the end of the blockbuster as an early version of the Clown Prince of Darkness and was identified simply as 'Unseen Arkham Prisoner' in the film's credits, Buzz.ie reports. However, the 29-year-old has recently revealed that he originally tried out for the role of the film's main villain, The Riddler, and sent in an audition tape in the hopes of landing the part.
In a new profile, Keoghan told GQ UK he wanted to play The Riddler and sent Reeves an unsolicited audition tape for the role. The Riddler ended up being played by Paul Dano in The Batman, but Keoghan has now shared his original audition tape with British GQ.
