Kevin Conroy Talks The Killing Joke Animated Movie
Batman fans are eagerly anticipated the animated movie of one of the most classic Batman stories ever: The Killing Joke. Long held as a classic tale of Batman vs. Joker, it impacted the DC Comics world in numerous ways, and is still held as canon despite it not intentionally being written as such.
Moreso, as this is a classic story, it’s featuring a bunch of fan-favorite actors and actresses playing the key roles. Including Kevin Conroy, who had voiced Batman in several animated cartoons, movies, and films for nearly 25 years. In an interview with DC All Access, he talked about his time as Batman and the upcoming film:
“Well, I like to think I never left the voice of Batman. I’ve been doing it for 24 years. What’s wonderful about it is getting back in the booth with Mark Hamill, because that Batman-Joker relationship, it’s almost like Joker defines Batman and Batman defines Joker, it’s the dark and the light, and sometimes it feels like either of us wouldn’t exist completely without the other, and Mark and I work so well together.”
The storyline will follow the events of the original comic pretty faithfully, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some updates, which Conroy referred to briefly.
“they’ve actually expanded it a bit, they’ve expanded some of the story a bit. There’s much more of Batgirl in this, um, so that plotline is more developed, and the struggle, the internal struggle that Batman has, that Bruce Wayne has in wrestling with the demons in the Joker is much more explored. There are a couple of really wonderful scenes that I have with Mark that I’m really proud of.”
The Killing Joke releases July 25th.