Suicide Squad: Jared Leto 'creeped out' random people to perfect his Joker laugh

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Jared Leto has spoken a lot about how he got into the role of The Joker for Suicide Squad.

Not only did he send a dead pig to fellow cast members, he also posted anal beads, used condoms, a dead rat (to Margot Robbie), was only called Mr. J on set, and met with real life killers to understand the character’s mentality.

It turns out Leto wasn’t just content with freaking out the other members of the cast; he took to the streets of New York to scare some unsuspecting civilians.

“I worked on the laugh walking around the streets of New York and Toronto, and I kinda would walk around the streets and see what laughs would get under people’s skin,” he told CNBC’s Squawk Box.

“You know when you hear someone laugh at a restaurant? It’s a little jarring. I tried them out. And I kind of got to a place where I would laugh and people are always turning around like, ‘Who is this creepy guy behind me?'”

Imagine sitting in a restaurant and some random person just starts creepily laughing like a mad-man behind you. Probably a signal you should ask for the bill and get out of there.

In other Suicide Squad news, co-star Margot Robbie recently said, if they return for a second film, she would say no to wearing ‘hot pants’ again.