The Joker's real identity was revealed in Folie à Deux's 'brutal ending' - and <br>
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Identity confusion is the theme throughout the entire <br>
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film, as the title suggests, but the ending of the second instalment may leave some fans surprised. <br>
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Following on from 2019's psychological thriller from director Todd Phillips, Joaquin Phoenix reprises his role as clown Arthur Fleck <br>
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who has descended into mental illness. <br>
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Folie à Deux begins with Arthur behind bars in Arkham Asylum, waiting to see whether he will be judged sane enough to stand trial for the murders he committed <br>
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two years prior. <br>
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In the meantime he is enjoying his celebrity status with <br>
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fellow prisoners and even the warders, one of whom, <br>
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a sadistic Irishman played by Brendan Gleeson, feeds <br>
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The Joker's real identity was revealed in Folie à Deux's 'brutal ending' - <br>
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and it's not who you think<br>
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Identity confusion is the theme throughout the entire film, as the <br>
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title suggests, but the ending of the second instalment may leave some fans surprised<br>
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Lady Gaga plays Harleen 'Lee' Quinzel, a fellow inmate on her way,<br>
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fans believe, to becoming Joker's girlfriend Harley Quinn. <br>
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The pair hit it off at a music therapy class, and are soon mutually smitten, but Lee makes it clear that she <br>
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loves the dangerously charismatic Joker, 'clown prince <br>
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of crime', not the gloomily introspective Arthur.<br>
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Eventually, after Arthur's high-profile TV appearance with a smug interviewer played by <br>
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Steve Coogan, it is time for the trial, with all of Gotham <br>
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gripped by the subject of multiple personality disorder. <br>
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His lawyer (Catherine Keener) strives to show that Joke is accused of five murders, rather than Arthur. Lee just <br>
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as urgently wants him to identify as his demonic alter ego. <br>
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In the final scenes, Arthur renounces his Joker alter-ego and is found guilty <br>
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of first-degree murder.<br>
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As he is being sentenced a car bomb detonates <br>
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outside the court, with two people helping Arthur escape, <br>
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but he is later caught by the police and taken back to Arkham. <br>
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In the Asylum a young patient begins to tell Arthur a joke, before stabbing him in the stomach and while he bleeds to death, carves a smile into his <br>
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own face. <br>
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It raises questions surrounding the Joker's true identity, as <br>
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it would seem he never went on to become the famed villain, instead he was just the person who inspired <br>
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the man who eventually became him. <br>
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Folie à Deux begins with Arthur behind bars in Arkham Asylum, waiting to see whether he will be judged sane enough to stand trial for the murders he committed two years prior<br>
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However, in the final scenes a young patient begins to tell Arthur a joke, before <br>
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stabbing him in the stomach and while he bleeds to <br>
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death, carves a smile into his own face<br>
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It raises questions surrounding the Joker's identity, <br>
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as it would seem he never went on to become the villain, instead <br>
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he was just the person who inspired the man who became him<br>
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Director Todd, told Entertainment Weekly: 'When those guards kill that kid in the [hospital] <br>
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he realises that dressing up in makeup, putting on this thing, it's not changing anything. <br>
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'In some ways, he's accepted the fact that he's always been Arthur Fleck; he's never been this thing <br>
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that's been put upon him, this idea that Gotham people put <br>
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on him, that he represents. <br>
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'He's an unwitting icon. This thing was placed on him, and he doesn't <br>
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want to live as a fake anymore — he wants to be who he is.'<br>
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<b>The movie serves as a follow-up to Phoenix's 2019 box office hit, which was simply titled Joker. </b><br>
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The Todd Phillips-directed musical was released in theatres on October 4, following an October 2 <br>
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international release. <br>
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