--- description: Director David Ayer shared the shot on Twitter title: Here's Your First Look at Jared Leto as The Joker in the Upcoming 'Suicide Squad' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's Your First Look at Jared Leto as The Joker in the Upcoming _Suicide Squad_ by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 10, 2015 10:57 AM CUT by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 10, 2015 10:57 AM CUT It wasn’t long after director David Ayer shared a cast photo on Wednesday from a read-through of the upcoming _Suicide Squad_ on Twitter that fans began wondering where Jared Leto was. The actor landed the role as The Joker in the supervillain ensemble film, but wasn’t found in the shot of the cast. Fans began speculating why Leto wasn’t in the shot using the hashtag #whereisJared. Ayer answered fans’ queries in the best way possible: with another teasing shot, this time a blurry picture of a green-haired Leto as the Joker, holding a camera. > [](https://twitter.com/DavidAyerMovies/status/586347483955142656) Leto will join Will Smith, Viola Davis, Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jay Hernandez, Jai Courtney and Joel Kinnaman in the DC Comics adaptation, slated to hit theaters in summer 2016. > [](https://twitter.com/DavidAyerMovies/status/585961520955203584) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3816875/jared-leto-the-joker/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3816875/jared-leto-the-joker/"},"headline":"Here's Your First Look at Jared Leto as The Joker in the Upcoming Suicide Squad","datePublished":"2015-04-10T10:57:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:18:03.769Z","description":"Director David Ayer shared the shot on Twitter","url":"https://time.com/3816875/jared-leto-the-joker/","keywords":["movies","jared leto","Suicide Squad"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3816875/jared-leto-the-joker/","name":"Here's Your First Look at Jared Leto as The Joker in the Upcoming Suicide Squad"}}]}] ```