We mustache you a question — do you think
we live in a society that can handle another secret Justice League 'stache?
Well, hold on to your razors, because footage from the set of Zack Snyder's Justice League
reshoots just leaked — and it shows that Jared Leto's character once sported a very stylish strip
of facial hair over his upper lip. Can we get #releasethejokerstache trending?
For the longest time, when it came to the Justice League movie, all anyone could talk about was
mustaches. That's because Henry Cavill was contractually prohibited from shaving his Mission:
Impossible mustache when he did reshoots for the 2017 theatrical version of the film,
and the VFX artists had to digitally remove it in post-production. The effect was jarring,
and was yet one more reason so many fans wanted Zack Snyder's original cut of the movie released.
But as it turns out, you can't keep a good 'stache down — now you can
add yet another digital shave to your list. Here's what happened.
"This is unbelievable."
Insiders tell us that Leto was thrilled about Snyder's invitation to revisit the Joker role.
Before now, he'd only been able to play the Joker in 2016's Suicide Squad, but Snyder wanted to
bring him back for the his new four hour vision of Justice League. To prepare for the reshoots,
the infamously committed method actor decided to dive deep into the history of the Joker on film,
blending bits and pieces from all of the actors who came before him in his own performance.
He discovered that the very first actor to play the part of the Joker — Cesar
Romero in the 1966 Batman television series — refused to shave his mustache,
so the showrunners just covered it up with white paint. Leto decided that the only way
to honor him was to grow a mustache of his own...but with a signature Jared Leto twist.
In a leaked excerpt from a soon-to-be-published interview with Follicle Monthly, Leto said:
"I needed to feel the spirit of Cesar within me. So I found out where he used to live in LA,
and I used my Joker skills to break in. I stole all the mustache wax and beard oil I could find,
rubbing as much as I could into my own mustache and drinking whatever was left.
I now have the Romero essence."
"I love this guy! He's so intense!"
According to our source, when Leto showed up on set, he'd already been in-character
as the Joker for over a month, having applied his character's makeup weeks ago and grown his dark,
bushy mustache over it, which he'd also dyed green. As he got ready to shoot his scenes,
Leto explained the mustache's backstory. Apparently, after Darkseid's forces took
over the earth, the Joker's twisted mind snapped even further. As the mustache grew,
the Joker began believing it was his own sick, psycho sidekick,
which he named Harry — full name Harry Quinn. He refused to shave Harry, believing his prickly
partner in crime was all that stood in the way of the Earth being turned into the next Apokalips.
Snyder, knowing better than to ask Leto to break character, and having limited
time to shoot the new scene, just got the cameras rolling. Our sources on the set
reportedly heard Snyder defending the actor's decision to worried producers, saying, quote,
"I know it'll cost us another $30 million, but you gotta admit — it's a pretty good joke."
That said, Harry wasn't the only thing that hit the cutting room floor. Apparently Leto
improvised several lines that directly referenced his mustache — dialogue like, "Do you wanna know
how I got this mustache?"; and, "Did you ever try to shave a mustache in the pale moonlight?",
and "Top this, Joaquin," and, finally, "Wait'll they get a load...of this mustache."
Another source inside DC Comics' offices revealed that Leto had actually sent the publisher
hundreds of letters demanding that the Joker be drawn with a mustache for the next ten years.
As of the making of this video, DC still has yet to comment on our question
about whether or not they might want to add a little beard, too.
Most interestingly, our source said that since footage of the mustache-cut leaked,
Leto has been cast in the upcoming direct-to-Quibi spin-off, Mission: Impossible: Kitchen Nightmares.
What do you think of this startling revelation?
Are you Team Stachey, or Team Shavey? Do you know what day it is?
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