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Joaquin Phoenix reveals he spoke to Christopher Nolan about playing Heath Ledger's Joker


The 50-year-old actor - whose latest flick Joker: Folie À Deux could be streamed now - got candid about potentially playing the supervillain before he actually portrayed him.

The hotly-anticipated sequel to the 2019 billion dollar Oscar-winning film was considered a surefire hit for Warner Bros Pictures, yet ended up being slammed by critics and failed to ignite at the box office. Gunn and Safran did attend the first director’s cut screening for the studio but Phillips fueled rift speculation when he told a reporter: 'With all due respect to them, this is kind of a Warner Bros. A source directly involved with the film recently shared: 'The one thing about genre stuff: If you don’t listen and pay attention to what the fan expectations are, you’re going to fail'; director Todd Phillips seen with Gaga and Phoenix at the LA premiere September 30

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