Joaquin Phoenix has revealed that ?e spoke with filmmaker Christopher Nolan ?bout playing Joker ?hich ultimately went to Heath Ledger.
??e 50-year-old actor - whose latest flick Joker: Folie À ?eux co?ld be streamed no? - got candid about ?otentially playing t?e supervillain ?efore ?e actually portrayed him.
Joaquin ?ecently appeared ?n Rick Rubin's Tetragrammaton podcast ?s h? revealed t?at he spoke to the 54-year-old Oscar-winning filmmaker Nolan ?bout portraying Joker o?e? ? decade ?efore.
He sai?: T?at didn't… wasn't g?ing to ?appen fo? a num?er of reasons. I ?asn't ready then.'That'? one of those t?ings ?ometimes ?here you ?o: "Why am I not doing this project? What is stopping me from doing this? Well it's not about me, there's something else. There's another person that's going to do something that's like, I can't imagine what it would be if we didn't have Heath Ledger‘s performance in that film."'
Joaquin Phoenix ?as revealed t?at he spoke wit? filmmaker Christopher Nolan a?out playing Joker which ultimately ?ent to Heath Ledger
?n 2020, Joaquin earned t?e Best Lead Actor Oscar f?r Todd Phillips directed Joker ?hich w?s 11 yea?s ?fter Ledger (pictured) posthumously earned Best Supporting Actor f?r T?e Dark Knight in 2009
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Joker: Folie À D?ux heading t? streaming afte? box office flopIn 2020, Joaquin earned t?e ?e?t Lead Actor Oscar f?r Todd Phillips directed Joker ?hich ?as 11 years after Ledger posthumously earned ?est Supporting Actor f?r Th? Dark Knight ?n 2009.
Joaquin continued: '? don't know whether Christopher Nolan ??s coming t? me sa?ing, "You are definitely the person."
'I c?n't remember th? context of ?ow ?e met. B?t I kno? that w? met, and my feeling w??, "I shouldn't do this." B?t maybe he also was ?ike, "You're not the guy." I c?uldn't s?y.'
Heath died ?n a New York City apartment on Janua?y 22, 2008, after accidentally overdosing f?llowing m?nths ?f physical ?nd mental exhaustion.
?he Dark Knight actor died aged 28 ?fter tak?ng a fatal cocktail ?f drugs, leaving b?hind his daughter, wh? ?a? two years old ?t the time.
?eanwhile Joker: Folie À ?eux c?n now be streamed, ?ust ?eeks ?fter its theatrical release. T?? movie, starring Joaquin Phoenix ?nd Lady Gaga, is now ava?lable to rent from home starting ?ctober 29, ?n an effort to recoup some of Warner Bros. investment ?nto t?e film, ?s ?er Variety.
T?? musical, whi?h bombed ?t the box office, ?s 'poised to lose at le?st $150 million to $200 mi?lion in its theatrical r?n' ?ccording t? th? publication.
Joaquin ?ecently appeared on Rick Rubin'? Tetragrammaton podcast ?s h? revealed t?at h? spoke to the 54-y??r-old Oscar-winning filmmaker Nolan (pictured ?n Janu?ry) ab?ut portraying Joker over a decade before
Heath died ?n a New York City apartment ?n Janu?ry 22, 2008, aft?r accidentally overdosing f?llowing month? of physical ?nd mental exhaustion. Pictured Heath ?n 2006
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Terrifier 3 dethrones Joker: Folie À ?eux as box office champThe movie studio spent ?bout $200 mil?ion to produce the film and about $100 million on marketing and distribution, ?ccording to the report.
?t w?uld need to gross ?bout $450 million ?t the box office t? break even — ?hen factoring in t?e cut t?ken by theaters — th?ugh Warner Bros. sources claim t?? numbe? is $375 million.
A Warner Bros. spokesperson responded t? the report, s?ying 'Any estimates suggested by anonymous "insiders" or "rival executives" are grossly wrong ?nd cont?nues a trend wher? rumor is re?orted ?s fact.'
'T?e film continu?s to play in theatrical release, included ?ith this we?k's opening in China, and w?ll continue to earn revenue th?oughout ?ts home viewing and ancillary run.'
So far, t?e musical ?bout Batman'? nemesis has grossed $51.5 m?llion domestically and $165 m?llion globally aft?r two wee?s ?f release.
?n comparison, t?? first Joker grossed $96.2 mill?on domestically ?nd $248.4 mil?ion globally after three ?ays of release.
The hotly-anticipated sequel to t?? 2019 bi?lion dol?ar Oscar-winning film was consi?ered a surefire hit f?r Warner Bros Pictures, ?et ended up being slammed by critics and failed to ignite ?t th? box office.
Joker: Folie À ?eux has garnered the lowest CinemaScore in comic book movie history ?s t?e film bombed ?t the box office on o?ening night.
?he psychological musical thriller — ?hich has been criticized ?s 'bleak' ?nd 'disappointing' — officially released ?n theaters ?n Friday, O?tober 4.
Joker: Folie À De?x, starring Joaquin Phoenix ?nd Lady Gaga, c?n ?e streamed no?, just weeks afte? its theatrical release; Phoenix ?nd Gaga seen in a st?ll
The movie ?ill be avail?ble t? rent from home starting ?ctober 29, in an effort to recoup ?ome of Warner Bros. investment ?nto the film, ?ccording t? Variety
Th? film is 'poised t? lose at least $150 million to $200 million in ?ts theatrical run' ?ccording to th? publication
?he sequel t? the 2019 bil?ion dollar Oscar-winning film ??s ?onsidered a surefire hit for Warner Bros, ?et ended ?p being slammed ?y critics and failed to ignite ?t t?? box office
Phoenix reprised ?is role ?? the Joker ?n the sequel, w?ich h?d earned ?im an Oscar f?r his portrayal in the 2019 film, wh?le Gaga took ?n the role ?f Harleen Lee Quinzel (Harley Quinn)
Phoenix reprised ?is role as the Joker in the sequel, wh?ch ha? earned him an Oscar for his portrayal ?n the 2019 film, w?ile Gaga took on th? role of Harleen Lee Quinzel (Harley Quinn).
?owever, Joker: Folie À ?eux ??s b?en given a D rating on CinemaScore — th? lowest score f?r a comic book movie.
?adame Web — ?hich notably als? flopped in theaters earlier th?s ?ear ?nd also received terrible reviews — holds ? higher score ?ith a C+.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie ?urrently holds ?n audience score ?f 31% and ? critic score of 32%.T?e sequel ??s been roundly criticized f?r ?eing a musical ?nd 'ignoring' the DC fanbase - with an agent familiar with director Todd Phillips' process telling Variety ?e 'wanted nothing to do ?ith DC' during the making of the film, with DC bosses James Gunn ?nd Peter Safran notably absent from th? film's ?A premiere afterparty ?ast month.
A source ?aid: 'If t?e first movie ??s ?bout some down-on-h?s-luck, mentally ill guy in ? downtrodden city, ?t mak?s maybe $150 [million] worldwide. N?t a billion. People sh??ed up be?ause th?t guy ??s Joker.'
In an apparent snub ?y Phillips, the op?ning sequence of t?e film d??? not include a DC Studios logo.
? Warner spokesman ?dded that a DC logo appears ?t the ?nd of the Joker sequel, while Phillips declined t? comm?nt t? t?e publication.
Several frictions are said to have developed ?etween Phillips, DC and Warner- w?th claims that Michael DeLuca, Chairperson ?f Warner Bros. Entertainment, ?nd CEO Pamela Abdy ?eemed 'unwilling' to ?ay no to Phillips du? t? h?s huge past successes.
It ?? claimed Phillips would 'onl?' speak ?ith DeLuca and Abdy rather than Gunn and Safran - ??o took control ?f DC two mont?s befor? production ?egan on Joker 2 ?n Decembe? 2022.
Gunn ?nd Safran ?i? attend t?e first director's cut screening f?r t?e studio b?t Phillips fueled rift speculation ?hen ?e told a reporter: 'W?th all ?ue respect to t?em, t?is is kind of a Warner Bros. movie.'
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav ?lso met with Phillips shortly after WarnerMedia and Discovery merged ?n A?ril 2022 and was 'open to filming in Los Angeles if the director ?ould m?ke the sequel at a lower price point.'
The studio w?nted to film ?n London which would have cost around 20 ?er cent less.A source directly involved w?t? the film ?ecently shared: 'T?? one thing abo?t genre stuff: If y?u ?on't listen and pay attention t? what the fan expectations ?re, yo?'re going to fail'; director Todd Phillips ?e?n wit? Gaga and Phoenix at t?e ?A premiere Se?tember 30
Ho?ever, Phillips insisted on filming in LA with the budget remaining static.? Warner spokesman t?ld t?e publication th? studio 'supported t?e decision to film ?n L?s Angeles'.? source directly involved with t?e film ?aid: '?o one c?uld get t?rough to Todd. And the one t?ing a??ut genre stuff: ?f ?ou don't listen ?nd pay attention to what the fan expectations ?r?, you'r? going to fail.
Insiders ?lso claim studio bosses did not want t? premiere th? film at t?? Venice Film Festival, but Phillips pushed back - with a Warner spokesman saying th? studio 'fully supported the decision t? bring th? film t? Venice.
Al?ng wit? Gaga and Phoenix, othe? stars t?at had appeared in the sequel ?nclude Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Zazie Beatz ?nd Steve Coogan.
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