Girl Gaga performs Harley Quinn. (Warner Bros Photos)
Girl Gaga options as Harley Quinn within the upcoming film, Joker: Folie à Deux — and it seems that the position might need been written particularly for the singer-come-actor.
The primary full-length trailer for the sequel to the 2019 movie was launched on 10 April, and gave followers their first have a look at the Applause hitmaker’s rendition of the comedian e book character.
The “musical thriller” stars Joaquin Phoenix because the titular villain as soon as once more, whereas the movie introduces his love curiosity, the equally psychotic Dr Harleen Quinzel; extra generally referred to as Harley Quinn.
In fact, everyone knows Girl Gaga’s character is the star of the present. And the movie’s director Todd Phillips can be effectively conscious of her on-screen aura, having labored along with her in A Star Is Born. Of the upcoming movie, he defined he “stored going again to” the singer when writing the script.
He lately instructed Leisure Weekly: “We forged Gaga as a result of she’s magic. I used to be a producer on A Star Is Born… That was the primary time I actually met her and acquired to look at her work. As we had been penning this script, Scott [Silver], who I wrote it with, stored going again to her.”
The trailer hints on the film’s focus being on the bond between Harley Quinn and the Joker, exploring the complexities of their relationship and the crimes by which they commit. There’s additionally an outline of a musical-type present inside the movie, although this isn’t clear if it’s only a figment of their creativeness, or not.
Phillips added that the musical scenes are an “important factor” of the movie. “We by no means actually talked about it like that, however I wish to say it’s a movie the place music is a vital factor. To me, that doesn’t veer too removed from the primary movie,” he instructed the outlet.
“Arthur [Fleck]’s (Joker) bizarre and aloof and all this stuff, however he has music in him. He has a grace to him. That knowledgeable a whole lot of the dancing within the first movie… it didn’t really feel like that huge of a step right here. It’s completely different, however I believe it’ll make sense if you see it.”
Joker: Folie à Deux might be launched on 4 October 2024.