What would the Jokers role have been in Gotham if he had been in TDKR?

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spurgeonryan said:

 I think that Nolan wanted his movies to be as realistic as possible while still being big hollywood super hero movies. So the Joker would of had to have been there if ledger was not dead. Maybe Batman would have handled him early on like he did scarecrow in the second movie.

 

Or he would have had a quick clip of him being passed up in his cell at Arkham with Robin or someone shaking their heads and smiling at him as they left him there to possibly be blown sky high.

But again, he'd be there for nothing more than a cameo.  Problem with the Joker is that if he's in anything, he becomes the center of attention.  I mean, look at Arkham City.  If Joker was supposed to be in Dark Knight Rises he'd have to be a huge part of the plot and that would just weaken Bane's part of the film.  That's why I don't think he'd be in there other than it just being an excuse to put him in.