In the movie The Dark Knight, how did the Joker get his scars for real?

The Joker tells two conflicting stories about how he got his scars(one had his father doing the carving, the other he did to himself for his wife). So is there a real reason for his scars? Maybe from the comics?|||The Joker never had scars in any comic book stories, although he might gain some now for the benefit of new readers. For the record, the version of the Joker featured in %26quot;The Dark Knight%26quot; has very little to do with the original character, and I find it hard to recognize the character Ledger played as the Joker, but because so many people are now familiar with the character, we%26#039;re stuck with him. The point of Ledger%26#039;s Joker telling contradictory accounts of how he became scarred was to show that he is a pathological liar. We%26#039;ll likely never know how he was scarred, but I sincerely doubt there was any truth in either version he told. Some things are not meant to be revealed.|||We don%26#039;t know for sure... the object of the stories was to tell us that he took the pain for a reason. And that it benefited the person that it referred too.





He%26#039;s the Joker... which is amazing! Although is character is very strong and overwhelming. Heath Ledger had to go through major ordeals with that role. He lived in a hotel room for a month, alone.. learning the part of the Joker. Nuts! Theres more behind it, but that%26#039;d take forever, b/c i love Batman and i know a little too much about everything in the movie industry. Cheers!|||The joker is confused about his own life.


The comic book writer said that the joker was so sane that he got bored with his life and decided to spice it up. So his story always changes. He doesn%26#039;t even remember how he got them.|||did u mean scar in his mouth,hes cutting by himself so he can smile all the time(gees that%26#039;s bad hes crazy) you know joker live was ruined parents leave him his wive leave him and people don%26#039;t like his joke so he turned crazy after all|||It doesnt say, if u watch the batman with jack nicholson in he doesnt even have scars like that|||good question