Harley Quinn has all the time had a definite voice. Snappy, a bit of unhinged, and the East Coast equal of a Valley Woman accent. She’s distinctive and immediately recognizable. And from Arleen Sorkin to Kaley Cuoco and Margot Robbie, they’ve all managed to search out their very own model of the Harlequin, voice and persona, whereas staying true to Harley Quinn. Now Girl Gaga is entering into her footwear in Joker: Folie à Deux.
Within the sequel to the 2019 movie Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix, we encounter an Arthur Fleck who “is institutionalized at Arkham, awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. Whereas struggling together with his twin identification.” Whereas there, “Arthur not solely stumbles upon real love, but additionally finds the music that’s all the time been inside him.” Enter Girl Gaga’s Lee Quinzel.
In an interview with Blavity, between Girl Gaga and Managing Editor Trey Mangum, the actress shared how she discovered her character’s voice. “It was a course of that was utterly uncommon and unique to this movie. And I actually liked engaged on it. We spent loads of time speaking concerning the voice. And for my character, I wished to discover a voice for her that may be uniquely hers. But in addition as a result of fantasy performs such an enormous function within the movie, I additionally tried to make use of my voice like a paint brush.”
On the fantasy bit, Joker: Folie à Deux is deemed a musical, with the a number of trailers we’ve seen, exhibiting that loads of what we’ll expertise with this film is going on in Arthur’s head and never in actuality. Girl Gaga continued her earlier thought by saying that her voice was “in a method that may not be beholden to me because the singer and entertainer that my followers know me as however as like the girl in Arthur’s thoughts.”
That made her marvel which locations she would performing or singing from. “Would she be singing from a damaged place with little or no breath and no consideration to her singing voice in any respect. In different moments, how would she utterly shine and be magic? And why?” For her, it was one thing enjoyable that she may do with music that she hasn’t performed earlier than, which incorporates 5 solo albums, two collaborative albums, soundtracks, and extra.
Wish to watch the total interview with Girl Gaga? Be sure that to go to the Blavity channel right here and help.
Joker: Folie à Deux is ready to hit theaters on October 4, 2024.