Hollywood star Joaquin Phoenix teases attainable ‘Joker’ sequel

By ANI

WASHINGTON: American actor Joaquin Phoenix, who received an Oscar for the hit 2019 movie ‘Joker’, is not closing the guide on his character Arthur Fleck simply but.

The 46-year-old star is open to the concept of a sequel to ‘Joker’, the Todd Phillips directorial, during which he performed a younger model of the notorious DC villain.

Phoenix, who garnered immense appreciation for his portrayal of Arthur in ‘Joker’, just lately advised The Playlist that he sees potential for a follow-up movie, reported People journal.

“I mean, I dunno. From when we were shooting, we started to — you know, uhh, this is an interesting guy,” Phoenix stated, talking of his Joker character.

“There are some things we could do with this guy and could [explore] further. But as to whether we actually will? I don’t know,” he added.

Rumours of a second ‘Joker’ movie have been swirling for some time now, courting again to 2019, when the film was first launched. In November of that yr, The Hollywood Reporter reported {that a} sequel was “on the way” after the unique movie introduced in over USD 1 billion.

“As the movie keeps raking in money overseas, Phillips is in talks to reprise his role as director for a second Joker outing (he and Scott Silver, who penned the gritty Joker screenplay, will write the follow-up),” THR added.

However, no official plans for a ‘Joker’ sequel have been introduced since.

Phoenix beforehand expressed curiosity in returning for one more movie as Arthur Fleck. In October 2019, the actor appeared on Popcorn with Peter Travers, the place he stated, “I talked to Todd [Phillips] a lot about what else we might be able to do, in general, just working together, but also specifically, if there’s something else with Joker that might be interesting.”

Phillips, who beforehand directed the ‘Hangover’ movies, shut down the concept for a ‘Joker’ franchise just like his hit comedy trio. He insisted to GameSpot in 2019 that Joker was “one movie.”

“We have no plan for a sequel,” the director added.

“We made this movie, I pitched it to Warner Bros. as one movie, it exists in its own world, that’s it. It’s not about world-building, it’s not about other versions, it’s like, here’s our version of the origin story, that’s it,” he additional stated.

While Phoenix has not confirmed any plans for a ‘Joker’ sequel, he has been preserving busy with different initiatives.

His most up-to-date movie, ‘C’mon C’mon’, debuted on the Telluride Film Festival in September, and he’s at present filming ‘Disappointment Blvd.’, and set to star in ‘Kitbag’ as Napoleon Bonaparte.