5 years after the discharge of the primary Joker — which revamped $1 billion and gained Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar — the sequel has now arrived and is anticipated to be the tip of the supervillain highway for writer-director Todd Phillips.
Joker: Folie à Deux sees Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck assembly the love of his life, Harley Quinn (performed by Girl Gaga), whereas incarcerated at Arkham State Hospital and awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. On the movie’s Los Angeles premiere on Monday, Phillips admitted that he was nervous to exit to Gaga for the function, however she was rapidly on board.
“I feel we despatched her half the script, and she or he texted me fairly rapidly that she was actually into it, that she liked it and every thing you wish to hear,” the filmmaker informed The Hollywood Reporter. “After which I went out to her home, and we met about what it was going to be, the remainder of it, as a result of we hadn’t written it but. [Co-writer] Scott Silver and I are notoriously gradual writers.”
Requested if he would ever wish to do a standalone movie for Gaga’s character, Phillips famous, “It’s not likely the place this film is headed for me. I really feel like my time within the DC Universe was these two movies,” after beforehand saying he was not curious about doing a Joker 3. The director beforehand helmed The Hangover trilogy and 2016’s Conflict Canines.
For her half, Gaga dove deep into turning into the Joker’s well-known counterpart, creating companion album Harlequin to coincide with the movie’s launch.
“I feel that creatively exploring this music and this character was a extremely particular expertise,” she informed THR of the album. “It was a navigation round some personal darkish moments in my life that I may not have actually needed to share and on this enviornment and on this movie and on this story, it was identical to the right place to place every thing.”
Joker: Folie à Deux hits theaters on Friday.
Tiffany Taylor contributed to this report.