Joaquin Phoenix Says He Spoke to Christopher Nolan About Playing Joker in ‘Dark Knight’: “I Wasn’t Ready Then” Heath Ledger famously portrayed the Clown Prince of Crime in a posthumous ...

The Joker was one of Ledger’s final film roles and was released after his death following a prescription drug overdose in 2008. Phoenix took on the role a decade later.

Joker: Folie à Deux star Joaquin Phoenix has claimed that filmmaker Christopher Nolan offered him the role of The Joker in 2008's The Dark Knight, a movie that featured Heath Ledger's iconic ...

Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in 'Joker: Folie à Deux' and Heath Ledger as the Joker in 'The Dark Knight' Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection Joaquin Phoenix had his turn at playing the ...

Joaquin Phoenix revealed for the first time during a recent interview on “Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin” that he was approached to play the Joker by Christopher Nolan for 2008’s “The Dark ...

Joaquin Phoenix pressed on how things might have been if he had been in the movie and not Heath Ledger, who originally played Joker in The Dark Knight. “There’s another person who is going to ...

Joaquin Phoenix Reveals Christopher Nolan Approached Him to Play the Joker in 'The Dark Knight' Heath Ledger played the unforgettable villain in the 2008 film, which came out shortly after his death.

With his leading role in the upcoming film Joker, Joaquin Phoenix is the fifth actor to portray DC Comics' clown prince of crime, aka Batman's nemesis, in person on the big screen.

And in 2020, Joaquin Phoenix took home the Golden Globe for his role in “ Joker.” Backstage, Farrell thanked the Golden Globes for having been “very good to me through the years.

Related: 17 Actors Who Brought the Joker to Life Over the Years: From Mark Hamill to Heath Ledger Phoenix went on to to say he isn't sure "whether Christopher Nolan was coming to me saying, ‘You ...

October 28, 2024 3:27pm 15 Comments Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in 'Joker: Folie à Deux' and Heath Ledger as the Joker in 'The Dark Knight' Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection ...