John Lithgow Turned Down The Role Of The Joker In Tim Burton's "Batman" | CONAN on TBS
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John Lithgow Turned Down The Role Of The Joker In Tim Burton's "Batman" | CONAN on TBS
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Amazing how John Lithgow can be terrifying asf in one role, yet the most friendly and gentle character in another. Truly great actor.
entertheyoda same as Gary Oldman
He has every right to think what he thought. At his age Batman was a gimmick on TV. He had no concept of what the comics transformed into because he was a more than full grown adult. Back then adults didn't read comics. Some did. But most didn't.
At the time Burton was making it, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS was only 4 years old. The effect it was having hadn't been noticed yet by people outside the comic book world.
It wasn't about his age specifically. Millenial nerds hadn't taken over with their idea of Batman being serious then in the 80's. It was still just a gimmick on TV like you said. The idea that there would be theatrical movie was too obscure. It's not a movie that an actor seriously would have wanted to be in, like Pee Wee's Playhouse or something.
No, it's because the vision everyone had in their heads when you said "Batman" was the campy, goofy tv show with Adam West. It had nothing to do with adults reading or not reading comics. Serious actors don't seek out trash roles for their careers. At the time, The Joker wasn't seen as a significant role to tackle.
I respectfully disagree
People thought Batman was going to be silly and goofy, not dark, grotesque, and terrifying.
He would make an excellent older Joker for a storyline like the Dark Knight Returns. He can turn on that sadistic terrifying killer persona that few actors can believable. Just watch Dexter.
Or Cliffhanger and Ricochet.
Also, Raising Cain.
That shift in personality when Dexter touches the urn is terrifying.
Or Harry and the Hendersons.
Jack was perfect but honestly he probably would have been horrifying as The Joker. I mean that in the best way possible.
I don't know if you have seen Dexter but his character was creepy AF
@@katarinazivkovic3102 yes and he would be a great joker with the smile stabled but I don't picture the laugh.
He's done the best Churchill I've ever seen. His work as a Shakespearean actor has thrilled me. And his portrayal of a serial killer in "Dexter" was the most chilling I've ever seen. He takes any role, runs with it & makes it golden. He's wildly entertaining on talk shows. AND I love him as a person.
He's truly special.💙
He did the amazing job as a Trinity Killer in Dexter, for the first time I saw him in the The Day After, which was showed up in USSR in 1987.
I love him as Winston Churchill 😊❤️
You will also love him as Roger Allies in bombshell 2019
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Miss his 3rd Rock from the Sun days...
Night Knight SUCH a great show.
@@SonnyGTA Very true, cheers m8! 🍻🥂🍾🍷🍷
This guy is one of the best in the history.
He is really great in The Crown as Winston Churchill...amazing
Ady Ram I didn’t even realize that was him. He was excellent!
Couldn't agree more!!!
Lithgow is incredible, can perfectly do something serious like "the Crown" or "Dexter," and just as perfectly hit screwball comedy, like "3rd Rock" or the incredibly underrated "Trial and Error."
Meme Iselfaneye I loved Trial and Error when it was on; but It would have been better if we got at least two more seasons
From hilarious and silly in 3rd Rock to intimidating and threatening in Dexter, what range and talent.
@Dee I haven't seen that one but I did watch that Big Foot show he stared in in the 80's. He's great!
I loved him on 3rd Rock from the Sun. He was hilarious!!!!
I really like it that Conan is interviewing these great movie actors. It’s a nicer and newer perspective.
It's the only late show that's really different, the two Jimmies and Colbert seem to mesh into one another, Conan is still his own entity
@@PJxBuchwild Yeah, I like how Conan strays away from the norm. It's why he's the best.
He would have been a perfect Joker
@FREE AUDIOBOOKS CHANNEL especially if he played the character with the same intensity he did with “Arthur Mitchell, the Trinity Killer” in Dexter...
I had never even considered the guy to play the role of an evil character until that role.
More perfect than JACK? Excuse you.
Would have been interesting 4 sure
mmm i dunno but i could def see him bein a different villian. somethin about him screams Mr. Freeze... and no not the Arnold version but a Tim Burton style Mr. Freeze
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He already had one original, crazy super-villain under his belt, Dr. Emilio Lizardo from Buckaroo Banzai. He didn't need the Joker.
As good as jack was, I would love to travel to the alternate reality where this actually happened.
See Raising Cain for what would have been an amazing Bat-villain performance in a DePalma universe instead...
3rd rock from the sun!
Victor Espino yes!!
Victor Espino Footloose! lol
Victor Espino my favorite sitcom!
Oh my GOD! He's GORGEOUS!
Love this man, such a down to earth dude for an actor and a really great actor.
Even in a sub-par movie like Cliffhanger, he was the best part.
Other than they're both in Footloose, here are some ways to connect John to Kevin Bacon:
1. John Lithgow was in Terms of Endearment with Jack Nicholson, who was in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon.
2. John Lithgow was in The Campaign with Will Ferrell, who was in Anchorman with Steve Carell, who was in Crazy, Stupid, Love with Kevin Bacon.
3. John Lithgow was in Shrek with Cameron Diaz, who was in Gangs of New York with Leonardo Dicaprio, who was in Catch Me if you Can with Tom Hanks, who was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon.
There might be others, but those are just 3.
Kyle Oxenham 6 Degrees Of Kevin Bacon
@@narahsoaresc Good for you.
you wanna bet i can connect myself with jack nicholson, robert deniro, al pacino, joe pesci, harvey keitel and martin scorsese? and quentin tarantino?
@@Mgla__ Go ahead.
John Lithgow is an American treasure.
He is criminally underrated
Emily Walker annnnnnnd THERES the moron!! There is always one idiot that’s not familiar with a VERY well known actor and says they are underrated. He is the exact OPPOSITE of underrated!! Just because YOU never heard of him doesn’t mean no one has! Go look at the definition of underrated and then look at his filmography. Try and not show the world your ignorance.
I can see him as Mr Freeze
James Blip NORAAAAA
I think he'd do a wonderful Ventriloquist and scarface. I could see him actually learning ventriloquism to complete the part.
Totally agree
Jeremiah buckel cliffhanger
James Blip I believe...that....in order to survive this situation....we should all proceed to the awaiting chopper.
Hello, Dexter Morgan!
Or should I say Kyle Butler?
I’ll bet he honestly would have been a really good Joker.
Yes, he would have been darker, more evil. Jack brought humor and charisma
since hollywood is all about doing remakes, they should remake every film with the actors that didnt act in it but were supposed to act in it
trash idea imo
He would have been a good choice for The Penguin or even Hugo Strange
Right now I'd cast him as the Ventriloquist.
There's only one hugo strange and that's BD Wong.
He'd be great as a cheerful and friendly Strange who turns into a complete monster in private. BD Wong was great but Strange should be able to blend in, you always knew Gotham's Strange was crazy
Are we supposed to forget about Harry and The Henderson’s ?
*Hendersons
We were trying to M.M....
he's more Clock King than Joker
Now that you mention it, yeah, he would definitely fit in that role! If they are using again another villain in the upcoming The Batman-movie and they use The Clock King, cast John Lithgow in that role! =D =)
Perfect Clock King!
I think he'd do a wonderful Ventriloquist and scarface. I could see him actually learning ventriloquism to complete the part.
@@ariesviolent no doubt, Lithgow would be great in that role, too.
I looooove John Lithgow ,"Third Rock From The Sun" ,luv it ❤️ , I still watch it Lol
Dang,a what if?, that's crazy,it probably would've been good,but Jack Nicholson did kill it
THAT would have been super interesting to see
His voice is so good
John Lithgow is actually close to having the real height of the Joker, which is 6'5
Tim Burton‘s First choice was Brad Dourif
i find his version of events a little hard to believe since jack was basically born to play the Joker.... Maybe there was a point in time when they weren't sure jack would do it so maybe Lithgow was Burton's Plan B.
I feel that with his voice he'd make a REALLY great and intimidating Braniac
Lithgow would've been perfect for the role, this is another actor no one should sleep on. Sadly, not many people knew comic movies would explode at the time. I can't blame him, no one wants to gamble their careers.
He was a true Badass villain in the 1991 film Ricochet against Denzel Washington as the protagonist.
John Lithgow was good in Harry and the hendersons
One of my favourite movies from childhood
@@rosshristan1396 nice one of mine also
@Justin Sime hey man old movies are good new is not necessarily best
I prefer him playing Mr Freeze
That would be awesome! =D =)
He looks amazing as Roger Ailes in Bombshell.
Raising Cain!🥃🍺
In his younger years he would have made a great Riddler.
captain07234 he wound have been a good Robin
I will gladly accept any version of his joker now even when he is old than any shitty version of leto!!
Roary Calhoun426 Get over yourself. There’s no reason to dislike the Arthur Fleck Joker just because it doesn’t appease to the comic book fanboys’ interests
Like that Michael Madsen scene in Kill Bill 2: "What exactly are you trying to convince me of? You know what? I think you just f-ing convinced me. There USED to be your job offer"
I was listening to an old sci fi radio show from the 60s or 70s where Lithgow was the main voice actor, and this was way before he voiced Yoda in that radio series of Star wars
He played pretty mean (awesome) baddies in Ricochet (w/ Denzel Washington as the proragonist) and in Cliffhanger with Sly. I think he could've had a unique take as the Joker as well.
A superb actor. He would have been a billiant Joker.
If you’ve seen him in Stallone’s movie “Cliff Hanger” as the bad guy, Qualen, You know he would have been great.
3rd rock from the sun was awesome!
So was harry an the hendersons
And NOBODY else wouldve played lord farquad as iconic as he did
Here comes the people who are going to see the part where he says no one would want to see a Batman movie and they are going to pause it and judge him
John Lithgow is amazing he would have killed it.
Okay so, aside from the interview, am I the only one who comes back to Conan clips and sees a new set every few months? lol. I don't remember this living room setup even from his new-ish show after he took a break.
3rd Rock From the Sun was awesome
“Who’s gonna wanna go see a movie about Batman?”
Yeah, even though he is the greatest and most popular superhero of all time!
Superheroes were in a very different place culturally before Batman (1989) came out.
I LOVED 3rd rock from the sun in my childhood bc of John Lithgow he fkng had me dead 💀
Totally underrated
Klee Klee Apparently, not only have YOU never heard of him....you also don’t know the definition of underrated. He’s actually the complete opposite of underrated. Please get your head out of your ass.
Harry and the Hendersons WOOO!
Surely he would have been great. I'll bet a lot of people thought that Batman would never be a popular film, like Alec Baldwin who turned down the role of Batman
I actually don't think I can see John Lithgow as the Joker...
Same. He'd be more fitting for Mr. Freeze or Hugo Strange
Oh my GOD! I'm gorgeous!
I can see John as the Joker , he would have taken that role to a whole new level .......
Strudwick, you basker !!!! , lol !!!
My Trinity Killer 😉
I want him as The Clock King!
I think he'd do a wonderful Ventriloquist and scarface. I could see him actually learning ventriloquism to complete the part.
Would have been a scary but a very serious Joker
Great actor. He made the right decision in the long run.
I read he also turned down the role of Frasier in Cheers....
Lord Farquaad 😉
Amazing character actor! Can play a comedic role (3rd Rock from the Sun) to a really intense dark role (Dexter)! =)
He would make a good riddler
That's okay, he was great in "Buckaroo Banzai."
I still hate him from Dexter. Great actor indeed.
I could totally see him as the Joker. What a thought!
He was great as Trinity.
Imagine if he turned down his tv show with the kid that played in Batman - The Dark Knight Rises
Not related to this video but... No more Conan & Jordan Shalansky "adventures"?
Is Jordan still around?
Joanna Aniela I hope so LoL
@@Picoteful Maybe he moved to Italy
haha i love John Lithgow
I think he would make a better Riddler
Lithgow would have been a interesting and good Joker. He was creepy as hell as the killer in De Palma's Blow Out.
Agreed and Can't He Turned Down The Role of The Joker!
Hindsight is always 20/20.
Jack was always going to get that role anyway but Lithgow could've been a great Joker.
This actor can go from being funny to the worst villain ever from one extreme to another
I want to hear his joker laugh.
he’s the greatest!!
Would’ve been interested to have seen tho
Trinity is here.
I still wish Conan wore a suit :-(
So turning down playing as the Joker because of thinking no-one would watch a Batman movie. Batman movies along with other superhero movies become extremely popular and then the joke is on him for not playing as the Joker.
That wouldve been amazing
Arthur anyone from dexter?
Adam Brkich are you not sure?
That M. Butterfly joke absolutely killed me.
He could have done it
yea watch beetle juice and see why michael keaton should've been the joker!
Yes, but the Joker kills Batman’s parents in that version so they needed someone older than Batman. Michael Keaton would have been too young.
Keaton was better as Batman than Joker both at a young age and older age. Even now if he’s playing a villain it’s better when the villain is Vulture than Joker.
I’d much rather him play an old Dark Knight Returns Bruce Wayne rather than old Joker, and likewise I’m glad he played young Batman and not young Joker.
first and only batman movie i love
It’s one of my least favourites. Very overrated imo & is only good for comic book readers not as an actual story or film (imo)
Yeah. But ya know. Jack Nicholson.
Harry and the Hendersons
I always thought John Lithgow would've been great as Dumbledore
Not British enough. Give him Gandalf instead - like Dumbledore, but less British.
Mike or as Finklestein