The actor originally sent an unsolicited tape for the Riddler role, but fate had other plans.

Barry Keoghanis living proof that sometimes clowning around can lead to big things.

The actor fromEternalsandThe Killing of a Sacred Deershared his full audition tape forThe BatmanforGQ’s cover story.

Barry Keoghan in his video of his audition tape for Joker in The Batman

Barry Keoghan shares his audition tape for ‘The Batman’ that landed him Joker.BritishGQ/Twitter

The tape has existed in various forms online but hasn’t been widely spread.

Keoghan is seen donning a black shirt, pants, bowler hat, and eyeliner with green suspenders.

He emerges from an elevator with cane in hand and disappears around a corner.

The actor emerges later with a bloody handprint smeared on his face.

Nothing came of this tape initially.

Then he received a call from his agent one night in New York.

Butthe actor shot a now-deleted scenewith Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight.

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