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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

The actor was flattered to be mentioned alongside Ledger and Phoenix, both of whom would go on to win Oscars for their respective turns as Batman’s archnemesis, The Joker.

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 ...