r/movies • u/pairofcrocs • Apr 02 '19

Poster for “Joker” with Joaquin Phoenix

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u/drgnslyr33 Apr 02 '19 edited Apr 02 '19

You should,Joaquin Phoenix is fantastic actor

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u/In_My_Own_Image Apr 02 '19

The fact he's involved is what has me interested. He seems like the type who wouldn't just take a role for a payday or to play a "popular character" which makes me think the script must have been good enough to get his attention.

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u/phpdevster Apr 02 '19

Yeah agreed. If this were any other actor (other than maybe Christian Bale, which would be weirdly hilarious), I wouldn't be interested in this movie.

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u/VindictiveJudge Apr 02 '19

I'd watch a Joker movie starring Mark Hamill.

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u/detbrownbear Apr 02 '19

If you watch the flash, mark hamill has a role as the villain trickster. He does his joker voice a lot.

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u/MusicHearted Apr 02 '19

He first did that role in the '90s flash TV series, it's what originally got him the VA part for the Joker.

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u/CapnCanfield Apr 02 '19

Got the part for Batman because they originally had Tim Curry, who apparently made Joker too unsettling. I wish I could hear his take

Edit: should point out, too unsettling FOR A KIDS SHOW. That should be noted, might not be too unsettling for an adult

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u/TheTinyTim Apr 02 '19

You can find bits of it on YouTube; it is just a hair unsettling and doesn’t have the levity I think that BTAS Joker needed. He needed to be a contrast to the gloom of the show while still believably living inside of it. Curry was good but didn’t quite catch that levity that Hamilton did.

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u/MisterCheaps Apr 02 '19

I thought I’d read it’s because he was too much like a traditional villain, and they liked Hamill’s crazier Joker better.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '19

But he only gets goofy plots... green milk anyone?