jonathan majors is about to step out as the mcus new big bad in antman and the wasp quantumania which he describes as a full circle moment for him in a new interview the kang the conqueror actor opened up to entertainment weekly about feeling deeply inspired by heath ledgers comic book villain joker in the dark knightcalling watching him in the movie a pivotal moment majors explained first of all hes gorgeous hes got that fucking jawline and he didnt give a fuck he threw his body around he was so full and i went im coming for that im inspired it takes a lot you feel me to be inspiredthe actor continued to explain that he recognized the gray area that the joker fell into which is why it resonated with him the way i grew up the people i grew up around drug dealers killers murderers everybody was just coming out of jail he added everybody had an ankle monitor on so i knew the complexity of the guys i grew up with yeah you did do that but you also did this and what i saw in heath and in everything he did was its this and thatthe dark knight was released in july 2008 a few months after ledgers death in january 2008 the actor won an oscar for the role posthumously at the 81st academy awards majors is a big fan of christopher nolans film even penning an essay for variety about the experience of watching it when he was younger my 18yearold self sat in the cinema long after the credits rolled the marvel actor recalled gobsmacked by a beauty and complexity of humanity hitherto unwitnessed in cinema and dare i say in my own existenceantman and the wasp quantumania kicks off marvel phase 5 on february 17 2023 for all of the other new superhero movies on the way check out our guide to all of the upcoming marvel movies and shows