Set photos for Joker 2 reveal a significant change to Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn.
Finally confirming Lady Gaga’s casting as Harley Quinn in Joker 2, set photographs show a significant transformation of the characterization from her DC counterpart.
You will be acquainted with The Joker even if you are not a die-hard fan of the Batman franchise or any of the superhuman multiverse in general (though, given the volume of content being produced, it’s somewhat difficult to avoid).
You’re undoubtedly pretty current on Gotham’s Clown Prince of Crime thanks to Heath Ledger’s menacing performance in The Dark Knight or indirectly through to being Harley Quinn’s boyfriend, played by Margot Robbie in that movie.
Oh, and let’s not overlook that 2019’s Joker gave us an unforgettable performance from Joaquin Phoenix (for which he won the Oscar award for Best Actor), coupled with a thorough portrayal of the infamous foe that we know and…love?
And now we’re getting a follow-up to the cynical story of lunacy, with a well-known face joining the cast. What do we currently know about the upcoming chapter of the supervillain’s tale? Let’s dissect it.
Set photographs from the film’s Joker: Folie a Deux production support recent speculation that Harley Quinn, playJoker Lady Gaga, will undergo significant Joker. JokeJokJokerents Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn as a co-protagonist beside Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck in the follow-up to the biggest-grossing R-rated film ever. With Arkham Asylum on flames in recent set photographs and a significant transJokertion coming for Harley Quinn, Jokerequel seems tJokJokering its cast with exciting material. Phoenix earned the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in the original film.
[NEW PHOTOS] Lady Gaga films "Joker: Folie à Deux” in New York City (Mar. 26).
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— GAGAIMAGES 📸 (@gagaimages) March 26, 2023
More Joker: Folie à Deux set photographs were posted on Twitter by GAGAIMAGES, with one particular image depicting a newspaper from the film that shows Gaga’Jokerrleen Frances Quinzel” in her portrJokeror Arkham.
InJokJokern to confirm that Gaga would play Harley Quinn and Joker’s character influenced by the DC anti-heroine, the tabloid also teases a significant change in the antagonist. A Joker: According to a Folie à Deux rumour, Harley Quinn would not encounter the Joker as his physician, as she did in her original first appearance; rather, both Jokercters would be Arkham patients, as the newspaper depicts.
Why would the potential Harley Quinn change in Joker 2 Jokerntastic?
The classic doctJokertient connection beJokJokerrley Quinn and even the Joker has already been depicted in various media. The twisted relationship was briefly adapted for the 2016 film Suicide SquJokerhich starred Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. The Batman: The Animated Series episode “Crazy Love” introduced Harley Quinn’s origin tale, faithfully maintained in this instance.
Folie à Deux, joker The movie might benefit from making significant changes to the Joker and Harley Quinn’s relationship, but Gaga’s portrayal of the anti-heroine might benefit even more.
Gaga’s portrayal of Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux will undoubtedly be compared to Robbie’s when it debuts, just as Phoenix had to Joker out a new role to play the Joker after Heath Ledger’s iconic acting skills as the antagonist in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.
Phoenix could do so because Todd Phillips’ portrayal of the Joker was more detached from the backdrop of the comic books and provided a fresh look at the character. Joker: Folie à Deux lets Gaga separate her portrayal of Harley Quinn from Robbie’s celebrated version by having Gaga’s Harley Quinn be a patient at Arkham beside the Joker rather than a doctor. Joker: Folie à Deux’s set photographs and footage showing Arkham Asylum on blaze suggest that the film may focus on a jailbreak organized by the Joker & Harley Quinn, as the 2 patients probably wish to escape the facility.
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