When Phoenix and Todd Phillips were discussing what the movie should be, the actor never fully agreed to be in it.
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Joaquin Phoenix Never Really Said Yes to Joker, He Just Showed Up
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Joker just recently left the top ten at the box office after hitting theaters in October. We’re still learning about what went on behind-the-scenes to make the movie happen and Todd Phillips just revealed an interesting tidbit. Apparently Joaquin Phoenix never really said “yes” to the project. The actor has always been cagey about taking on a comic book movie because he was concerned about the mechanics behind making those movies and he had the same feelings before signing on for Joker.
From the start, Joker was promised to be something different from the usual comic book movie. Joaquin Phoenix stated that the movie was going to be more of a character study than anything else, which is exactly what it turned out to be. When Phoenix and Todd Phillips were discussing what the movie should be, the actor never fully agreed to be in it. Phillips explains.
“It was a pursuit to get him because initially it feels like, ‘ugh, comic book movie.’ Just the idea of it is something he wasn’t so keen on pursuing, and even when I would explain to him it’s not that, it kind of says that, but really we’re doing this other thing, there was a little resistance. But the more I got to know him, the more I hung out with him, and we spent a lot of time talking about what the movie will look and feel like, and then one day he magically showed up. He never said yes. He just one day showed up to a wardrobe fitting…It was an incredible partnership.”
