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The 50-year-old actor - whose latest flick Joker: Folie À Deux could be streamed <br>
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now - got candid about potentially playing the supervillain before he actually <br>
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Joaquin recently appeared on Rick Rubin's Tetragrammaton podcast as <br>
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he revealed that he spoke to the 54-year-old Oscar-winning filmmaker Nolan about portraying Joker over a decade before.<br>
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He said: That didn't… wasn't going to happen for <br>
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a number of reasons. I wasn't ready then.<br>
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'That's one of those things sometimes where you go:<br>
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"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."'<br>
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Joaquin Phoenix has revealed that he spoke with filmmaker Christopher Nolan about playing Joker <br>
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In 2020, Joaquin earned the Best Lead Actor Oscar for Todd Phillips directed Joker which was 11 years after Ledger (pictured) posthumously earned Best Supporting Actor <br>
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for The Dark Knight in 2009<br>
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Joker: Folie À Deux heading to streaming after box office flop<br>
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In 2020, Joaquin earned the Best Lead Actor Oscar for Todd Phillips <br>
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directed Joker which was 11 years after Ledger posthumously <br>
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earned Best Supporting Actor for The Dark Knight <br>
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Joaquin continued: 'I don't know whether Christopher Nolan was coming to me saying,<br>
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"You are definitely the person." <br>
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'I can't remember the context of how we met. But I know that we met, and my feeling was, "I shouldn't do this." But maybe he also was like, "You're not the guy." I couldn't say.'<br>
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Heath died in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008, after accidentally overdosing following months <br>
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of physical and mental exhaustion.<br>
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The Dark Knight actor died aged 28 after taking a fatal cocktail of drugs, leaving <br>
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behind his daughter, who was two years old at the time.<br>
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Meanwhile Joker: Folie À Deux can now be streamed,<br>
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just weeks after its theatrical release. <br>
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The movie, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, is now available to rent from home starting October 29, in an effort <br>
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to recoup some of Warner Bros. investment into the <br>
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film, as per Variety.<br>
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The musical, which bombed at the box office, is 'poised to lose at <br>
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least $150 million to $200 million in its theatrical run' according to <br>
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Joaquin recently appeared on Rick Rubin's Tetragrammaton podcast as he revealed that he spoke <br>
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to the 54-year-old Oscar-winning filmmaker Nolan (pictured in January) about portraying <br>
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Joker over a decade before<br>
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Heath died in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008, after accidentally overdosing following months of physical and mental exhaustion. Pictured Heath in 2006<br>
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Terrifier 3 dethrones Joker: Folie À Deux as box office champ<br>
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The movie studio spent about $200 million to produce the film and about <br>
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$100 million on marketing and distribution, according to the report.<br>
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It would need to gross about $450 million at the box office to break even — when factoring in the cut <br>
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taken by theaters — though Warner Bros. sources claim the number <br>
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is $375 million.<br>
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A Warner Bros. spokesperson responded to the report, saying 'Any estimates suggested by anonymous "insiders" <br>
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'The film continues to play in theatrical release, included with this week's opening in China, <br>
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So far, the musical about Batman's nemesis has grossed <br>
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$51.5 million domestically and $165 million globally after two weeks of release.<br>
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In comparison, the first Joker grossed $96.2 million domestically and $248.4 million globally after three days of release.<br>
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The hotly-anticipated sequel to the 2019 billion dollar <br>
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Oscar-winning film was considered a surefire hit for <br>
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Warner Bros Pictures, yet ended up being slammed by critics <br>
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and failed to ignite at the box office. <br>
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Joker: Folie À Deux has garnered the lowest CinemaScore in comic book movie history as the <br>
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film bombed at the box office on opening night. <br>
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The psychological musical thriller — which has been criticized as 'bleak' and 'disappointing' — officially released in theaters on Friday, October 4.<br>
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Joker: Folie À Deux, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, can be streamed now, just weeks after its theatrical release; Phoenix and Gaga seen in a still<br>
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The movie will be available to rent from home starting October 29, in an effort to <br>
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recoup some of Warner Bros. investment into the film, according to Variety <br>
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The film is 'poised to lose at least $150 million to $200 <br>
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million in its theatrical run' according to the publication<br>
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The sequel to the 2019 billion dollar Oscar-winning film was considered a surefire hit for Warner Bros, yet ended up being slammed by critics and failed to <br>
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ignite at the box office<br>
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Phoenix reprised his role as the Joker in the sequel, which <br>
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had earned him an Oscar for his portrayal in the 2019 film, while Gaga <br>
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took on the role of Harleen Lee Quinzel (Harley Quinn)<br>
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Phoenix reprised his role as the Joker in the sequel, which had earned him an Oscar for his portrayal in the 2019 film, while Gaga <br>
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However, Joker: Folie À Deux has been given a D rating on CinemaScore — the lowest score for a comic book movie.<br>
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Madame Web — which notably also flopped in theaters earlier this year and also received terrible reviews — holds a higher score <br>
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie currently holds an audience score of 31% and <br>
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a critic score of 32%.<br>
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The sequel has been roundly criticized for being a musical and <br>
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'ignoring' the DC fanbase - with an agent familiar with director Todd Phillips' process telling <br>
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Variety he 'wanted nothing to do with DC' during the making of the film,<br>
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with DC bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran notably absent from the film's LA premiere <br>
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afterparty last month. <br>
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A source said: 'If the first movie was about some down-on-his-luck, mentally ill <br>
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guy in a downtrodden city, it makes maybe $150 [million] worldwide.<br>
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Not a billion. People showed up because that guy was Joker.'<br>
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In an apparent snub by Phillips, the opening sequence of the film does <br>
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A Warner spokesman added that a DC logo appears at the end of the Joker <br>
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sequel, while Phillips declined to comment to the publication.<br>
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Several frictions are said to have developed <br>
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between Phillips, DC and Warner- with claims that Michael DeLuca, <br>
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Chairperson of Warner Bros. Entertainment, and CEO Pamela Abdy seemed 'unwilling' to <br>
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say no to Phillips due to his huge past successes.<br>
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It is claimed Phillips would 'only' speak with DeLuca and Abdy rather than Gunn and Safran - who took control of DC two months before production began on Joker 2 in December <br>
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Gunn and Safran did attend the first director's cut screening for the studio but Phillips fueled rift speculation when he told a reporter: 'With all <br>
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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav also met with Phillips shortly after WarnerMedia and <br>
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Discovery merged in April 2022 and was 'open to filming in Los Angeles if the director would make the sequel at a <br>
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The studio wanted to film in London which would have cost around 20 per cent less.<br>
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A source directly involved with the film recently shared: 'The one thing about genre stuff: If you don't <br>
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listen and pay attention to what the fan expectations are, you're going to fail'; director Todd Phillips seen with Gaga and Phoenix at the LA premiere September 30<br>
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However, Phillips insisted on filming in LA with the budget remaining static.<br>
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A Warner spokesman told the publication the studio 'supported the decision to <br>
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A source directly involved with the film said: 'No one could get through to Todd.<br>
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And the one thing about genre stuff: If you don't listen and pay attention to what the fan expectations are, you're <br>
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Insiders also claim studio bosses did not want to premiere the film at <br>
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the Venice Film Festival, but Phillips pushed back - with a Warner spokesman saying the studio 'fully supported the decision to bring the film to Venice. <br>
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Along with Gaga and Phoenix, other stars that had appeared in the sequel include Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Zazie Beatz and Steve Coogan. <br>
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