Jared Leto da darakta David Ayer sun tayar da hankali a farkon wannan makon lokacin da suka zolayar hotunan da ke nuna sa hannun jarumin dogo na makulli an jawo shi a cikin wutsiyar doki tare da almakashi mai shirin yin babban yanka. Leto, a shirye-shiryen sabon matsayinsa na Joker don fim mai zuwa Kashe tawagar, ya katse wasu heartsan zukata a tunanin kawai shi ya canza kamannin sa don ɗaukar Clown Prince of Crime. Tabbas ana buƙatar canji na zahiri don wasa Joker, amma idan za muyi imani da labaran da suka yi zagaye na shekaru da yawa, yanzu, akwai yiwuwar wani abu mai mahimmanci don Leto ya damu.

Joker wani hali ne na rashin gaskiya wanda haukarsa ya tafi zuwa ga ainihinsa, kuma wannan hauka kamar yana shafar waɗanda suke wasa da shi sosai har wasu sunce la'ananne ne. Daga ina wannan ra'ayin ya fito? Don haka, dole ne muyi baya baya zuwa shekarun 1960.

A cikin 1966, 20th Century Fox Telebijin ta gabatar da sabon fim din Batman, kuma ba da dadewa ba Joker ya fara bayyana a karon farko a wasanninsa uku. Fitar gaba daya da nau'ikan, furodusoshin sun kawo Cesar Romero don taka rawa. Romero an san shi a matsayin tsafi mai suna matinee wanda yake wasa da jerin manyan ayyuka a matsayin mai son Latin, kuma ba a ba da rahoton cewa bai taɓa fahimtar rawar ko dalilin da ya sa suke son ya taka ta ba.  Kodayake jerin manyan zangon sun raina yanayin kisan mutumin kuma sun mai da shi wani abin birgewa, Romero kawai bai sami wuri ga kansa ba a cikin halin, kuma ya yi magana game da matsalolinsa tare da wannan biyun sau da yawa a cikin tambayoyin da aka yi a baya. Sau da yawa yakan bar saitin cikin rikicewa da rashin tabbas game da kansa kuma ya koka da tsananin ciwon kai lokacin da aka kawo shi don wani yanayi. Daga baya zai misalta shi da kasancewa cikin yaƙe-yaƙe tsakaninsa da Joker.

Fuskanci gaba zuwa 1989. Tim Burton, darekta wanda a lokacin an san shi da yawa don Babban Adventure na Pee-wee da kuma Beetlejuice, ya kawo hangen nesa na Batman zuwa babban allon. Girmansa fiye da yadda yake gani a rayuwa yana buƙatar girma fiye da masu wasan kwaikwayo na rayuwa don cike matsayin duka Batman da maƙwabcin sa, Joker. Ga Batman, Burton ya shigo da nasa Beetlejuice mutumin da ke gaba Michael Keaton, kuma a cikin juyin mulki, Jack Nicholson ya shiga kungiyar a matsayin Joker. Burton ya ba Nicholson damar nutsar da kansa da farko cikin duhun rawar da kuma a farkon, mai wasan kwaikwayon ya sami theancin yin wasa da wani mutum ba tare da lamiri ba wanda ke jin daɗin kashewa da yanke jiki kawai don jin daɗin hakan.

Farin cikin sa a cikin aikin ba zai daɗe ba, duk da haka. Ya fara gunaguni game da rashin natsuwa da tsananin rashin bacci. Damuwar wasan mahaukata ya shiga cikin dukkan sassan rayuwarsa, kuma kodayake koyaushe yana magana game da yadda yake jin daɗin aikinsa, har yanzu yana ambaton lokaci zuwa lokaci na nauyi da nauyin halin da aka yi masa.

Mark Hamill, wanda ya shahara sosai a matsayin Luka Skywalker a cikin asalin Star Wars Trilogy, ya kasance muryar Joker a kan shirye-shiryen raye-raye daban-daban da siffofi na tsawon shekaru 20 yana mai da shi mai rikodin rikodin. Yayin da zaku yi tunanin cewa samar da muryar kawai don hali ba zai sami irin tasirin da take dashi gaba daya ba, ba ze zama lamarin ba. Hamill ya sha ambaton Joker a matsayin dabba, kuma ya bayar da rahoton irin damuwar da rashin bacci daga lokaci zuwa lokaci wanda magabata suka dandana.

Tare da duk waɗannan misalan, zakuyi tunanin duk wani ɗan wasan kwaikwayo da gaske zai ja da baya kafin yayi tsalle don wasa wannan jester na schizophrenic, amma lokacin da aka ba Heath Ledger rawar, sai ya himmatu ta hanyoyin da ba wanda ya gabace shi. Ya bayyana Joker a matsayin "mai azanci, mai kashe mutane tare da nuna rashin tausayi." Ledger ya riga ya kasance a cikin ƙasa da ƙasa mafi kyau a rayuwarsa, tun lokacin da ya ƙare dangantakarsa da Michelle Williams kuma ya rabu da 'yarsa, Matilda.

Yayin da aka fara yin fim, 'yan uwansa' yan wasa sun fara lura da tasirin da Joker ke yi a kan jarumin. Ya zama kamar ba zai iya barin halin a kan saitin ba. Sun kwatanta shi da Daniel Day-Lewis da kuma hanyar da yake da ita ta yin amfani da fasaha. Day-Lewis, duk da haka, bai taɓa magance halin mutum tare da tunanin Joker ba. Idan Burton ya buɗe duhu a cikin Batman ɗin sa, Nolan ya shiga cikin wannan duhun kuma ya fitar da mafarkai masu ɓoyewa a cikin sasanninta. Ba a daɗe ba kafin ɓacin rai, damuwa da rashin barci suka bayyana a cikin wannan zuwa yanzu zamu iya kiran kwatankwacin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo a cikin wannan rawar. Ya ga likitoci da yawa a wannan lokacin kuma an ba shi magunguna tare da ma'amala masu haɗari.

An sami Heath Ledger a mace a cikin gidansa na yawan wuce gona da iri a ranar Janairu 22, 2008, cikakkun watanni 6 kafin a sake fim ɗin. Mahaifinsa ya bayyana daga baya cewa Heath ya ajiye littafin Joker cike da hotunan kuraye, hotunan ban dariya kuma a shafi na ƙarshe, kalmomin “Bye Bye” an rubuta su da wasiƙu masu ƙarfi. Lokacin da aka gaya wa Nicholson game da mutuwar Ledger, ya ce, "To, na gargaɗe shi." An bayyana cewa yana magana ne game da gargaɗin da ya ba ƙaramin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo game da wasu magungunan bacci da yake sha, amma yana da wahala ba a karanta ma'anar biyu a cikin kalmomin ba.

Don haka, da duk wannan zance na la'anar wasa da Joker, me zai sa ɗan wasa ya ɗauki wannan matsayin? Menene ya sa rawar ba ta da tabbas ga 'yan wasa da halayyar irin wacce masoyan ke so? Na tambayi abokina da DC mai ban dariya aficionado, Bryson Moore, tunaninsa kuma ga abin da zai faɗi.

“Akwai rawar da mutane suke kalla a fim kuma suna so su yi imani da cewa jarumin wannan halayyar ce. Tunanina na farko shine John Wayne. Kuna son shi ya zama saniyar ware da ya nuna. Sannan akwai matsayi kamar The Joker. Inda mai wasan kwaikwayo maimakon mai son ya so masu sauraro suyi imani da cewa sune halayen saboda babu wani dan iska da mutane zasuyi soyayya dashi iri daya. Ka tambayi duk wani masoyin da ya fi so Batman villain, sau tara cikin goma za ka ji Joker. Halinsa dole ne ya zama asalin mugunta. Babu iyaka ga lalatawar Joker a cikin duniyar DC Comics. Saboda wannan na yi imanin duk wani ɗan wasan kwaikwayo mai koyo ya fahimci ayyukan da masoya ke so. Yanzu mutane daga Nicholson zuwa Ledger zuwa Hamill, wanda bai yi komai ba sai muryarsa, duk suna cewa dole ne ku tafi wuri mai duhu sosai don kunna wannan halin. Idan la'anar ta fito daga ko'ina ta fito ne daga mafi girma fiye da rayuwar mugunta da ke tattare da littattafan ban dariya da aka kirkira. ”

Duk yadda ka kalle shi, an shigo da Jared Leto cikin wani keɓantaccen kulob ta hanyar ɗaukar wannan kyakkyawar dabi'ar, kuma lallai ya yanke masa aikinsa yayin da yake zurfafawa cikin zurfin tunanin Joker. Ina fata kawai ya kula kuma watakila zai iya tserewa wasu matsalolin raunin da takwarorinsa suka fuskanta a matsayi ɗaya.  Kashe tawagar an saita don saki a watan Agusta na 2016.