In less than a month, Joker: Folie à Deux will introduce fans to Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn and Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck (Arthur Fleck)/Joker (Joker) starring opposite. Although Gaga is a veteran musician and singer, this is only her third major film starring role. But as they rewrote lines from the script during production, Gaga got an unexpected education in collaborative filmmaking from Phoenix.
“We would meet regularly on Joaquin’s trailers, and sometimes we would tear up the script and start over,” Gaga told Vogue. “It was a really cool, liberating process,” director and screenwriter Todd Phillips confirmed Gaga’s statement, giving an example of how their process worked.
“My view of Joaquin is that he’s the light at the end of the tunnel,” Phillips said. “You think, ‘Okay, this scene works, let’s go shoot it.’ Joaquin says, ‘No, no, no, let’s have a quick meeting about this.’ Three hours later, you’re rewriting it . Not a small thing.
Gaga’s version of Harry, whose name is Harleen “Lee” Quinzel in the film, is not Arthur’s therapist in the film. Instead, she’s also a patient at Arkham State Hospital and finds herself drawn to the Joker. During the interview, Gaga shared her insights into Harry’s descent into love and madness.
“Harley Quinn is a character that people recognize from pop culture,” Gaga said. “I had different experiences when creating her, experiences of mania and chaos within me – for me it created a kind of stillness. Sometimes women are labeled as overly emotional beings, and when we When we don’t know what to do, we become unstable or insane.
“Joker: Pas de Deux” will be released on October 4.
