Insiders have started muttering Robin Williams' name in connection with that of The Joker in the "Batman Begins" sequel. While it's too early to say if Mork from Ork will indeed be the one picked to thrash it out with the Dark Knight, one thing's for sure - the actor is definitely interested.

Speaking to IGN FilmForce, Williams - next appearing in the thriller "The Night Listener" - says he'd "love to do that one" when asked about the "Batman" rumours.

If director Christopher Nolan - who Williams worked with on "Insomnia"- gives him the nod, he says he'd like to play the role as a mesh of both nutty and nasty.

"Well, you want to do a different Joker. You know, if they do Arkham Asylum, it would be amazing. Arkham Asylum is one of the greatest, nastiest comic books ever. It's truly, it's like the Marquee de Sade on that level, and wonderfully damaged and quite tragic, in terms of when you realize [what happened to] create these characters..."

"You can go both [over-the-top and dark]," Williams said. "As in madness, there's a lot of ways to go. I think you can really explore how bright and how nasty-funny he is, just like I guess what Kevin [Spacey] did with Lex Luthor, made him really funny, but yet still damaged... As evil is, accessible and yet still horrific".

Williams, who was once linked to the role of The Riddler in "Batman Forever" (1995), says he loves comic books and graphic novels. "It's interesting now that they're doing, they all kind of realize, with all the adult comic books or graphic novels for those who are trying to upscale themselves... Is that a comic book? No! It's a graphic novel! Is that porn? No! It's adult entertainment!"

"They're making these really interesting pieces and there's a lot of great, great comic books and graphic novels out there that could make wonderful movies. They're looking for them, and it's great... I read this comic book called DMZ [by Brian Wood], which is about New York after kind of a Civil War. Could it happen? Every time the helicopters fly over my house I'm going, 'Welcome to Baghdad!' But it's kind of fascinating, because they treat it like the country's divided. All these cities like Lebanon and Beirut and Baghdad and military zones of control, yet it's still the village and it's still its own. Fascinating concept. That's what's good about alternative forms of literature or stuff that you read..."