香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播� is a hard act to follow. Todd Phillips香蕉视频直播� dark, Scorsese-inspired character study about the Batman villain made over a billion dollars at the box office, , dominated the cultural discourse for months and created a new movie landmark.

It wasn香蕉视频直播檛 for everyone, but it got under people香蕉视频直播檚 skin.

Knowing that it was a fool香蕉视频直播檚 errand to try to do it again, Phillips and Phoenix pivoted, or rather, pirouetted into what would become 香蕉视频直播� .香蕉视频直播� The dark and fantastical musical journey goes deeper into the mind of Arthur Fleck as he awaits trial for murder and falls in love with a fellow Arkham inmate, Lee, played by Lady Gaga. There is singing, dancing and mayhem.

If Phillips and Phoenix have learned anything over the years, it香蕉视频直播檚 that the scarier something is, the better. So once again they rebelled against expectations and went for broke with something that香蕉视频直播檚 already sharply divided critics.

As with the first, audiences will get to decide for themselves when it opens in theaters on Oct. 4.

香蕉视频直播淗OW ARE YOU GOING TO GET JOAQUIN PHOENIX TO DO A SEQUEL?香蕉视频直播�

Any comic book movie that makes a billion dollars is going to have the sequel talk. But with 香蕉视频直播淛oker香蕉视频直播� it was never a given that it would go anywhere: Joaquin Phoenix doesn香蕉视频直播檛 do sequels. Yet it turned out, Phoenix wasn香蕉视频直播檛 quite done with Arthur Fleck yet either.

During the first, the actor wondered what this character would look like in different situations. He and the on-set photographer mocked up classic movie posters, like 香蕉视频直播淥ne Flew Over the Cuckoo香蕉视频直播檚 Nest香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播淵entl香蕉视频直播� with the Joker in them and showed them to Phillips.

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So Phillips and his co-writer Scott Silver got to work on a new script, one that leaned into the music in Arthur Fleck香蕉视频直播檚 head. Then his dreary Arkham life turns to Technicolor when he meets and falls for Lee, a Joker superfan.

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LADY GAGA FINDS LEE香蕉视频直播橲 VOICE, AND LOSES HER OWN

One decision that香蕉视频直播檚 already sparking debate is casting someone with a voice like Lady Gaga香蕉视频直播檚 and not using that instrument to its full power. Phillips, who was a producer on 香蕉视频直播淎 Star is Born,香蕉视频直播� wanted someone who 香蕉视频直播渂rought music with them.香蕉视频直播� But Lee isn香蕉视频直播檛 a singer.

香蕉视频直播淪inging is so second nature to me, and making music and performing on stage is so inside of me. Especially this music,香蕉视频直播� Gaga said. 香蕉视频直播淚 worked extensively on untraining myself for this movie and throwing away as much as I could all the time to make sure I was never locking into what I do. I had to really kind of erase it all.香蕉视频直播�

Phoenix, who wasn香蕉视频直播檛 quite sure what it would be like working with someone who has such a larger-than-life superstar persona, found Gaga to be refreshingly unpretentious and available. And as an actor, he admired her commitment to the character.

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In addition to writing a 香蕉视频直播渨altz that falls apart香蕉视频直播� for the film, Gaga is releasing a companion album, 香蕉视频直播淗arlequin香蕉视频直播� on Friday with song titles including 香蕉视频直播淥h, When the Saints,香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播淲orld on a String,香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播淚f My Friends Could See Me Now香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播淭hat香蕉视频直播檚 Life.香蕉视频直播�

SORRY PUDDIN香蕉视频直播�, THIS AIN香蕉视频直播橳 MARGOT ROBBIE香蕉视频直播橲 HARLEY QUINN

Much like Phoenix香蕉视频直播檚 Joker isn香蕉视频直播檛 Heath Ledger香蕉视频直播檚 or Jack Nicholson香蕉视频直播檚, Gaga香蕉视频直播檚 Lee is not the

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Sure, Lee will still casually light something on fire to get some time alone with Joker, but the tumult is more internal. And Gaga threw herself into making Lee something new: A real person, grounded in a reality that came before her.

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香蕉视频直播淒O YOU JUST WANT A BRUTE?香蕉视频直播�

Brendan Gleeson didn香蕉视频直播檛 have much hesitation about joining the ensemble. He香蕉视频直播檇 worked with Phoenix before on 香蕉视频直播淭he Village香蕉视频直播� and was in awe of what he香蕉视频直播檇 done on the first movie.

香蕉视频直播淗e has an absolute relentless integrity and curiosity and drive,香蕉视频直播� Gleeson said. 香蕉视频直播淗e won香蕉视频直播檛 just plough the same furrow for its own sake.香蕉视频直播�

But he also didn香蕉视频直播檛 want to play the simple version of an Arkham prison guard.

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CREATING MAYHEM

Anyone who has worked with Phoenix knows that he likes to keep things fresh. That may mean something as small as changing the location of a prop or as big as throwing out choreography that you香蕉视频直播檝e been rehearsing for months at the last minute.

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With the crew 95% the same as the first, everyone was ready to be flexible. Gaga, too, dove right in, suggesting that they sing live on camera.

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THAT香蕉视频直播橲 ENTERTAINMENT?

Since Arthur killed Robert De Niro香蕉视频直播檚 talk show host Murray Franklin on live television in the first film, he香蕉视频直播檚 become a kind of icon and curiosity thanks in no small part to an oft referenced, but never seen, television movie that was made about him. Now, the trial is going to be televised as well.

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NO LONGER A COMPLETE WILD CARD

It香蕉视频直播檚 easier to be to the insurgent, not the incumbent, Phillips said. Although a Joker film is never going to fly completely under the radar, the spotlight is undoubtedly more intense this time around.

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While much of the film was made on Warner Bros. soundstages in Los Angeles, the production did go back to New York to film again on the Bronx staircase (which now come up on Google Maps as the Joker Stairs) and outside a Manhattan courthouse. The production staged a massive protest scene, with Gaga, almost concurrently with the as if there weren香蕉视频直播檛 enough eyes on them already.

Some are also handwringing about the sequel香蕉视频直播檚 bigger budget and whether it can match the success of the first. But Phillips has learned to take it in stride.

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Gleeson has an even sunnier outlook.

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SO, IS IT A MUSICAL?

One thing Phillips didn香蕉视频直播檛 mean to do was ignite a discourse about what is and isn香蕉视频直播檛 a musical. He香蕉视频直播檚 just trying to manage expectations.

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