After the success of the Joker film starring Joaquin Phoenix a sequel was inevitable and new photos taken on the Joker 2 set officially indicate that Lady Gaga is portraying Harley Quinn and show a significant shift from her DC comic book counterpart.
Set photographs from the film’s production of Joker: Folie à Deux support a recent speculation that Harley Quinn, played by Lady Gaga, will undergo significant changes compared to the origin story most comic book enthusiasts.
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Joker 2 presents Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn as a co-protagonist alongside Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck in the follow-up to the biggest grossing R-rated film of all time! With Arkham Asylum on fire in recent set photographs and a significant transformation coming for Harley Quinn in comparison to her , the sequel appears to be giving its cast exciting material.
New Joker: Folie à Deux set photos were posted on Twitter by the account @GAGAIMAGES, with one particular image depicting a newspaper from the film that shows Lady Gaga as her character having her mugshot with the news heading “Harleen Frances Quinzel”.
[MORE PHOTOS] Lady Gaga On The Set of “Joker: Folie à Deux” in New York City (Mar. 26).
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— GAGAIMAGES 📸 (@gagaimages) March 26, 2023
The newspaper seems to confirm that Gaga WILL be playing Joker‘s sidekick Harley Quinn, and not just a character inspired by the DC anti-heroine.
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In the well-known comic book plot, Harley Quinn first appears as Dr. Harleen Quinzel, the Joker‘s psychiatrist, before she falls madly in love with him and agrees to serve as his sidekick. It appears the new film has changed this narrative and instead is showing both characters to be patients at Arkham, which the newspaper also proves will happen in the new movie.
Making this massive change to how the Joker and Harley meet and become entangled in their deranged romance could allow for a spectacular performance from Gaga.
Without a doubt Gaga will be compared to her predecessor Margot Robbie who also gave a brilliant performance, the same way that Phoenix was compared to Heath Ledger- but we are excited to see how this classic comic couple will appear when on the big screen.
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Phoenix earned his Best Actor Oscar for his performance in the original film and with Gaga (a fellow Oscar winner) also starring alongside him – we know that this is a match made in comic book heaven and will most certainly be the film of 2023!
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