Original, Shocking Alternate Ending

I actually predicted before the movie's release that The Joker might kill Bruce Wayne (if not directly then indirectly), interesting to hear that this was supposedly the original ending they had in mind!

https://comicbook.com/dc/amp/2019/12/30/joker-alternate-ending-batman-bruce-wayne-kevin-smith/

"Originally, the ending in the hospital was different," Smith said on his Fatman Beyond show. "He's in the hospital and he laughs, chuckles, and he says, 'I was just thinkin' of something funny. What was supposed to happen was you flashed back to the death or Thomas and Martha Wayne and it was him killing Thomas and Martha Wayne and the boy was screaming and crying and he turned to walk away and he turned back, shrugged, and shot the kid. Credits."

The full conversation can be seen in Smith's YouTube video above, with the Joker bits starting at the 16:35 mark.

"What the f---, man!" Smith asked himself, pointing out something important: "This world has no Batman!"