![]() ![]() Next they did makeup tests with Ledger in London, at which point Caglione Jr. These designs all showed Caglione Jr.’s considerable expertise, with clean lines. created different sketches of Ledger as the Joker with various kinds of clown makeup, different kinds of hair (including green, his comic book hair color), his various facial scars and more. ![]() The makeup team, led by Caglione J.r, got to work with Ledger, Nolan, and costume designer Lindy Hemming. He began to wonder what a man who rarely changed his clothes and rarely washed off his makeup would look like, a “real psychopath.” Once he read the script, he knew that Ledger’s Joker would require a “more organic looking thing…it became a more realistic approach to the makeup,” he explains in the video. had previously been nominated for an Oscar for his work for Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy in 1990, but he quickly understood that his makeup design for Nolan’s film, especially on the Joker, would be a very different beast. in a fantastic video that explains Ledger’s transformation.Ĭaglione Jr. ![]() Now is the perfect time to once again celebrate Heath Ledger‘s iconic turn as the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. With Nolan’s masterpiece heading back to the big screen to celebrate the film’s 10th anniversary, CineFix caught up with the film’s Oscar-nominated makeup artist John Caglione Jr. ![]()
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