Jared Leto Was Responsible For The “We Live In A Society” Line In The ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Trailer
It was a line that reverberated throughout the internet when it was uttered in a trailer forZack Snyder’s Justice League: “We live in a society.” For those unfamiliar, that’s awell-known internet meme, and not something you’d expect to see in a serious-minded superhero movie. And it was a line said, without a hint of irony, byJared Leto’s Joker in new scene shot for director Zack Snyder’s new four-hour cut ofJustice League. So whose idea was that line? None other than Leto, of course.
One of the new sequences shot forZack Snyder’s Justice Leagueis another “Knightmare” sequence, a continuation of what we first glimpsed inBatman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, whereBen Affleck’s Batman has a vision of an alternate apocalyptic world where everyone wears duster jackets. And you may’t have Batman’s worst nightmares come to life without his greatest enemy, the Joker. Jared Leto reprised his role as the Clown Prince of Crime after his appearance inSuicide Squadto make his cameo in the new Knightmare sequence, sporting long hair and a curiouslack of facial tattoos. The footage features Leto’s Joker telling Batman, “We live in a society.”
In an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, Zack Snyder credited Leto for saying the famous (or infamous) line on set:
“We went back and forth a bit, and I’ll give Jared credit for that little ad-lib there, because it was really, really beautiful.”
I’m not sure “beautiful” is the way to describe an ad-libbed line that un-ironically tries to harness a ridiculous meme. But apparently it wasn’t “beautiful” enoughto be included in the movie, so the joke’s on us!
In the interview, Snyder also revealed that Leto and Affleck didn’t actually shoot the scene together due to scheduling conflicts. So it was just Leto ad-libbing lines to the no one, which is pretty funny to think about. The Joker would be proud.
