.::BATMAN-ON-FILM.COM -- Caine says The Joker is SCARY! (10/3/07)::.

5:49 AM TEXAS TIME: MTV sat down with Sir Michael Caine and got him to talk a bit about THE DARK KNIGHT.

That's a surprise! ;) Anyway...

Yet again, Caine gives major props to Heath Ledger's performance as The Joker. "I’ll tell you who it’s about. It’s about Heath Ledger as The Joker," say Caine. "He will be the talking point of the next Batman."

Sir Michael added that Heath's Joker is "...one of the scariest performances I’ve ever seen." Wow. That's coming from someone who has been in this business for years.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, every person I've talked to that has seen Heath do his Joker thing has been absolutely blown away. So all you naysayers, you may want to start reading 100 WAYS TO PREPARE CROW -- you've got 9 months to get through it.

Thanks to “John B.” for the links.

UPDATED: "Miranda Fox" alerted BOF to the following line from Sir Michael that comes via THEMONEYTIMES.COM:

"I was waiting for Batman's guests, but (The Joker) had taken over the elevator with -- he has seven dwarfs and... oh! wait until you see them. So, I'd never seen any of it and the elevator door opened and they came out and I forgot every bloody line. They frightened the bloody life out of me .... It's amazing and it's so different from Jack."

Gotta love that Michael Caine!