

Arthur’s only genuine laugh, he says, comes at the end of the movie. Phillips categorises Arthur’s laugh into three types: “the affliction laugh, the “one-of-the-guys” laugh and the authentic joy laugh”. It took Phoenix a long time to perfect his version of the Joker’s laugh and he even asked to “audition” it to Phillips. Phillips chose to make Arthur’s laugh, a defining characteristic of the Joker, a medical condition – and it’s a real one at that (known as pseudobulbar affect)! Throughout the film, he spontaneously bursts into uncontrollable fits of laughter, regardless of what’s happening. I was thinking, “Are they trying to get a bigger part? They’re ruining my timing.” Then I realised it was the Joker.”

He told Vulture: “The first five or six takes, I was irritated because there was an extra laughing too loud. Gulman didn’t actually know he was going to be in a scene with Phoenix. It’s there that Arthur gains inspiration for his own jokes, which he tries out – unsuccessfully – during open mic night. Stand-ups Gary Gulman and Sam Morril appear as themselves, performing bits of their actual material in Gotham club Pogo’s. Meanwhile, you’ll also see Saturday Night Live’s Chris Redd and Late Night With Seth Meyers writer Ben Warheit pop up in the film. Murray’s producer, Gene Ufland, is played by comic Marc Maron. You start to go mad when you lose that amount of weight in that amount of time.” And, as it turns out, that then affects your psychology. I think that’s really what I started with. Joaquin Phoenix lost 52 pounds for the roleĪt the Venice Film Festival, Phoenix said his drastic physical transformation helped to shape his performance: “The first thing for us was the weight loss. Make no mistake though, while there are cameos, this ain’t no Batman movie.Īs the film arrives on the Virgin Media Store, find out everything you need to know about the movie everyone is talking about… But as things in Gotham worsen, so does his mental state, and he decides he doesn’t want to be the butt of the joke anymore. He generally keeps to himself, tries to do the right thing and looks after his mother (Frances Conroy, American Horror Story), who he lives with. In 1980s Gotham City, Arthur works as a clown-for-hire but wants to become a comedian. In a Maidenrch 2016study assessing the Impact of Movie Streamingover traditional DVD MovieRental it was found that respondents do not purchaseDVD Movies nearly as muchanymore, if ever, as streaming has taken over the Maidenrket.Watch Movie Joker (2019), Watch Joker (2019) Movie Online Blu-rayor Bluray rips are encodeddirectly from the Blu-ray. In this standalone origin story, directed by Todd Phillips, Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) goes from zero to (anti)hero as he reinvents himself as the clown prince of crime.
