“I do this scene with Jared Leto and he’s supposed to be intimidating me. He comes in, he’s the Joker, and he starts squeezing my t*ts. He’s like [panting and moaning] ‘You’re a big guy’.
“This is while we’re filming. Then he f**king grabs me and kisses me. On the mouth, full kisses me.
“I thought, OK, I’m just gonna go with it. But then he’s like, [panting and moaning again] ‘Did someone piss their pants?’ I’m like, now I did because you said I did!”
He said Leto was seeking a reaction and “he got it. He was so nice and normal and so cool – I was a fan of his. But then he throws in all this weird shit.””— Snatched actor Ike Barinholtz to Howard Stern, describing a take while filming Suicide Squad that ultimately did not make it into the final cut. Barinholtz played Officer Griggs in the film. Leto has peviously said about his role that “The Joker is somebody who doesn’t really respect things like personal space or boundaries.”
h/t OMG
Donston
Leto is a narcissistic nutjob, and that’s been known for over a decade. No new info here.
MarionPaige
Maybe Leto was referencing the gay kissing scene from MadTV that Ike Barinholtz did with Josh Meyers, ya think?
https://youtu.be/abyJ9kxclZU
Jack Meoff
If he didn’t appreciate it why is he talking about now? Sounds like a grab for headlines to me.
Aromaeus
Jared Leto is trash for a myriad of reasons but him doing things like this is a recurring theme. Why he keeps getting work is beyond me.
Donston
Luck, sheer desire and a willingness to give it up to the right people.
Unlike the similar narcissistic and pretentious nutjob, James Franco, Leto has no charm and has yet to give a solid performance and that includes his Oscar winning tripe. Requiem For A Dream is still one of my favorites of the 2000’s, and he was the weakest link in that, a cast that had Marlon Waynes.
Sluggo2007
@Donston – It’s WAYANS idiot!
inbama
I’m so glad y’all hate him and are leaving him to me.
Donston
He was hot up until a couple years ago. Now he looks like a wax figure. (Yes, I keeps the hate flowing).
RomanHans
So during the filming of a movie an actor gets upset because another actor playing a psychopathic character annoys him. I’d say Mr. Barinholtz needs to look for another line of work, but judging from IMDB he already took that advice.
Captain Obvious
I love Ike’s work and honestly Leto seems really self-centered(I used to be a huge fan) so I’m siding with Ike.
Ike doesn’t seem remotely homophobic or against kissing another male(as someone said above he used to do it all the time). It was because it was sprung on him without his consent by someone he really didn’t know during a scene while filming. If you don’t know what that means then imagine you’re being sexually assaulted. You can’t just stop a scene especially when you’re opposite an A-list actor who’s been around for decades while you’re a newcomer just starting to get recognized.
But once again when a male is assaulted we’re not supposed to care because he can just stop it and should silently move on. Pathetic.
Jaroslaw
Leto was probably out of line, but then it isn’t like the acting world isn’t full of unusual characters. To say nothing of women putting up with real sexual harassment from males (actors and otherwise) for centuries. But because it is another guy who is offended, this is huge news? Not.
highestbidder
Jared Leto can kiss me anytime. He’s an amazing actor, too. Not sure what the haters are talking about ??
inbama
Apparently, he must be punished incessantly because he played a transgender in “Dallas Buyers Club.”
He BGB
Why does he ugly himself? Did he get tired of being good looking? Trying to be taken seriously?
OzJosh
Good actors will often go to extremes to get a reaction when they’re playing against a lesser actor who isn’t really giving them much in return. They often end up acting for two, as it were. I wonder if Ike Whatshisname is even a competent enough actor to know this?
J.T.
Jared Leto can cross my boundaries anytime he wants to. If he slipped me the tongue I’d swoon. But he better do it soon. He’s getting as weird as Johnny Depp.