Jared Leto swings back his long hair on the cover of Billboard magazine’s latest issue, out on newsstands on Friday (February 20)!

In the feature, the 43-year-old actor chatted about prepping for his upcoming film Suicide Squad, where he will play the Joker.

“Do you mind if I eat a little? I’m trying to gain a lot of weight. It means I have to eat every couple of hours — and I’m terrible at eating a lot,” Jared shared.

He added, “The opportunity to take on this nearly Shakespearean character — that’s what graphic novels and comic books are becoming, right? [He's] this beautiful disaster of a character — what a big challenge.”

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