A closer look
When you are entirely deep in the zone of playing an anarchic clown, you just invent iconic moments on the fly. During the scene where Commissioner Gordon gets promoted, the script merely called for the villain to sit quietly in his cell. Instead, the actor started delivering a deeply unsettling, mocking slow clap without breaking eye contact. The director immediately realized it was pure cynical gold and kept the cameras rolling, capturing one of the most chilling sequences in comic book history.
