DC’s new Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix may be breaking box office records and garnering awards attention , but not everyone is happy about the flick starring Batman’s arch-nemesis. According to a report by THR, Suicide Squad Joker actor Jared Leto was “alienated and upset” when Warner Bros. gave another Joker movie the green light.

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This tidbit comes from a report focused on Martin Scorsese’s involvement in Todd Phillips’ Joker movie and merely mentions Leto in passing, but even that little bit of insight speaks volumes.The Joker is an iconic character whose popularity rivals that of Batman. Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger’s performances have gone down in movie history as some of the best depictions of a comic book character ever put to screen, with the latter taking home a posthumous Oscar for the role.Meanwhile, Leto’s tattooed take on the villain as seen in Suicide Squad received harsh criticism. Leto was reportedly upset with how numerous additional scenes featuring his Joker were shot but didn’t wind up in the final movie. There were rumors that WB was working on followup movies where Leto could take another shot at the role, including a Mad Love-inspired Joker/Harley Quinn movie and a Joker solo movie, but those fell to the wayside. Leto will not be reprising the role for James Gunn’s soft reboot The Sucide Squad or Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn So with Phoenix’s standalone Joker movie getting made relatively soon after Leto’s debut as the Clown Prince of Crime, and Leto not getting to do another Joker movie himself as of yet, it’s understandable why he’d feel the way he does.IGN reached out to Jared Leto's publicist for comment and will update this story with any further information.What do you think of this latest development in Jared Leto’s troubled Joker saga? Let us know in the comments.For the full rundown on how Scorsese helped out with the Joker movie, check out the video below:

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