Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in “Joker: Folie à Deux”.Photo: Lady Gaga/Instagram
TheJokersequel starringLady GagaandJoaquin Phoenixscored an R rating ahead of its October release date.
To compare, 2019’sJoker, which won Phoenix a Best Actor Oscar for his titular role, was rated R for “strong bloody violence, disturbing behavior, language and brief sexual images.” That film went on to become thehighest-grossing R-rated movie globally of all time.
Phillips, who is also behind theHangoverfilms, told theLos Angeles Timesin 2019 that he had to convince the studio that his vision for a gritty, R-rated movie about the Batman villain was the way to go.
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“It was a yearlong process from when we finished the script just to get the new people on board with this vision, because I pitched it to an entirely different team than made it,” he said at the time.
“There were emails about: ‘You realize we sell Joker pajamas at Target?’ There were a zillion hurdles, and you just sort of had to navigate those one at a time."
Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in “Joker: Folie à Deux”.Todd Phillips/Instagram
Todd Phillips/Instagram
“At the time, I would curse them in my head every day. But then I have to put it in perspective and go, ‘They’re pretty bold that they did this,' " added Phillips.
On Tuesday, Gaga shared anew poster for the musical sequel, in which she plays Harley Quinn, and teased that the first trailer debuts on Tuesday, April 9.
Joker: Folie á Deuxis out Oct. 4.
source: people.com
