There are many things you never know about "Joker"! (Behind the scenes of the clown movie)

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Do you know all the actors who have played the clown on the screen? Do you know the source of inspiration for Bill Finger to create the clown? Do you know the first actor Jacques played as a clown? Do you know which famous tune is the background music in the trailer? Have you paid attention to the hairstyle of the clown? This film is about long hair. What about other films? This film pays tribute to Affleck? Francis McDomond refused to participate in this film? ..

Do you know all the actors who have played the clown on the screen?

Do you know the source of inspiration for Bill Finger to create the clown?

Do you know the first actor Jacques played as a clown?

Do you know which famous tune is the background music in the trailer?

Have you paid attention to the hairstyle of the clown? This film is about long hair. What about other films?

This film pays tribute to Affleck?

Francis McDomond refused to participate in this film?

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Jacques Phoenix

1. Joaquin Phoenix because you want to play the clown and weight loss too much , saying it was minus became skinny too. Therefore, in this extreme situation, the filming can only be done once, and there is no chance to remake , and the director of the film, Todd Phillips, must write the script while shooting the film.

The starring of Jackie Phoenix in the film

2. The clown in this film is the first comic movie character of Jacques Phoenix .

3. Jacques Phoenix is ​​dating Rooney Mara , and Rooney Mara was also considered for the role of Joker (the Joker's girlfriend Harry Finn) in "Suicide Squad" (2016).

Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara

Image of clown with long hair

This film is the third time the clown has appeared in the image of long hair. The first appeared in the animated film "Batman" (2004), in which the Joker was dubbed by Kevin Michael Richardson (Kevin Michael Richardson); the second appeared in "Batman: The Dark Knight" (2008) ), the clown is played by Heath Ledger.

Kevin Michael dubbing the Joker in "Batman" (2004) (Long Hair Image 1)

Heath Ledger "Batman: The Dark Knight" (2008) (Long Hair Image 2)

Jacques Phoenix "Joker" (2019) (Joker Image 3)

Similar to the notorious serial killer

The facial makeup of the clown in this film is very similar to that of John Wayne Garcy . This Garcy is a notorious serial killer and rapist in the United States. This serial killer often pretends to be "The Clown Berg " (this is his own clown Name) to amuse the child. At that time, the clown actors would not choose this kind of makeup, because this kind of makeup would draw sharp ends like a "knife" on the corners of the mouth, which would make the children feel scared.

Notorious serial killer Wayne Gassy

The actors who played (dubbed) the clown

1. Three Oscar winners: Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger and Jared Leto , they have all played the clown, and Heath Ledger is precisely because he played the clown Won an Oscar. The Joker's actor, Jacques Phoenix, has been nominated for Oscars three times.

2. In the Batman series of animated movies (such as "Batman: Fatal Joke"), the voice of Batman is Kevin Conroy , and the voice of the Joker is Mark Hamill . Kevin Conroy had hoped that Mark Hamill could play the role of the clown in the movie. Speaking of Mark Hamill, you may find it unfamiliar, but he is actually very famous. Mark played Luke Skywalker in the movie "Star Wars" series.

Kevin Conroy who voiced Batman

The voice of the Joker is Mark Hamill, this is his still in "Star Wars"

Jacques Phoenix is the seventh actor to play the "Joker" on the silver screen. The other six actors who have acted as clowns are shown in the picture below.

"Six Clowns"

Numbers 1 to 6 are:

1. Caesar Ramolo (Batman: The Movie (1966)),

2. Jack Nicholson (Batman (1989)),

3. Mark Hamill (Batman: Mask of Fantasy (1993)),

4. Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight (2008)),

5. Jared Leto (Suicide Squad (2016))

6. Zach Galifianakis (voice character in the Lego Batman movie (2017)).

Haha, have you found what they have in common! ! The hair is all green. nice.

Source of inspiration

1. The filmmakers drew inspiration from Alan Moore’s comic "Batman: The Killing Joke" . This comic tells the origin of the clown and how the clown went crazy. They also learned from Martin Si Coses' films "Taxi Driver" (1976), "Angry Bull" (1980) and "The King of Comedy" (1982) got some inspiration.

"Batman: The Killing Joke" (The Killing Joke)

2. Bill Finger (1914-1974) was one of the founders of the clown. Part of his inspiration for the creation of the clown came from a logo pattern called Steellechase amusement park on Coney Island, New York . This pattern is There is a strange smile on a person's face.

Bill Finger

The picture below is a ticket to the Steeplechase Amusement Park . You can see the weird smile that inspired Bill's creation.

Entrance ticket to Steeplechase Amusement Park

some time

Director Todd Phillips revealed on Instagram that the filming of the film ended on December 19, 2018.

Director Todd Phillips

Some missed

1. Alec Baldwin had planned to play Thomas Wayne in the film , but because of scheduling conflicts, he chose to quit.

Alec Baldwin

2. Francis McDormand (the heroine of "Three Billboards") refused to play the role of the clown mother.

Francis McDormand

3. Viggo Mortensen gave up the opportunity to play Thomas Wayne (Batman's father).

Viggo Mortensen

4. According to rumors, Leonardo DiCaprio and Bill Skarsgard are the candidates to play the clown.

Bill Skarsgard

About the trailer

1. The song everyone heard in the trailer is called "Smile" , which was composed by the famous comedian Charles Chaplin for his movie "Modern Times" (1936) .

Chaplin in the movie "Modern Times" stills

https://y.qq.com/n/yqq/song/002FCu4D13EIqr.html?ADTAG=baiduald&play=1#stat=y_new.top.pop.logout Click here to listen to "smile"

2. The first trailer for the film was released in Australia on April 4th, which is also Heath Ledger’s birthday.

Some tribute

1. Although Ben Affleck chose not to play Batman again, according to rumors, the name of the clown in the film is "Arthur Fleck" , and Arthur Fleck can be abbreviated as "A. Fleck". This makes fans think that the name may be a tribute to Affleck.

Ben Affleck

2. Sharon Worthington (Sharon Worthington) plays a social worker named Deborah Kane in this film. pay tribute.

3. Jacques Phoenix, Russell Crowe, Connie Nelson, and Germaine Hansue have all starred in the movie "Gladiator" (2000). All four of them have appeared in DC movies. Jacques Phoenix starred in "Joker" (2019); Russell Crowe starred in "Man of Steel" (2013); Connie Nelson starred in "Wonder Woman" (2017) and "Justice League" (2017) ; Germaine Hansu starred in "Aquaman" (2018) and "Thunder Shazan" (2019).

cooperate

This is the first collaboration between Bill Camp and Douglas Hodge since the film "Cardinals" (2018).

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https://arkhamcity.fandom.com/wiki/Amusement_Mile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steeplechase_Park

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Joker quotes

  • Arthur Fleck: [Arthur goes to Wayne Manor where he sees young Bruce and does a clown rooting form before talking to him through the gates] Hi. What's your name?

    Bruce Wayne: I'm Bruce.

    Arthur Fleck: Bruce. I'm Arthur.

    [He sticks his hands through the gate, puts his fingers on Bruce's face lifting the corners of his mouth as if to make him smile]

    Alfred Pennyworth: Bruce! Bruce! Get away from that man.

    Arthur Fleck: It's okay. I'm a good guy.

    Alfred Pennyworth: How do you do? Who are you?

    Arthur Fleck: I'm here to see Mr. Wayne.

    Alfred Pennyworth: Well, you shouldn't be speaking to his son

    [Giving back the fake flowers Arthur gave Bruce]

    Alfred Pennyworth: Why did you give him these flowers?

    Arthur Fleck: No, they're not real. It's magic. I was just trying to make Bruce smile.

    Alfred Pennyworth: Well, it's not funny, is it? Do I need to call the police?

    Arthur Fleck: No, please. My mother's name is Penny. Penny Fleck. She used to work here years ago. Can you please tell Mr. Wayne I need to see him?

    Alfred Pennyworth: You are her son?

    Arthur Fleck: Yeah. Did you know her? I know about the two of them. She told me everything.

    Alfred Pennyworth: There's nothing to know. There is no "them." Your mother was delusional. She was a sick woman.

    Arthur Fleck: Don't say that.

    Alfred Pennyworth: Just go. Before you make a fool of yourself.

    Arthur Fleck: Thomas Wayne is my father.

    Alfred Pennyworth: [Alfred starts laughing, causing Arthur in anger to put his hand through the gates around Alfred's neck and starts to choke him] Let go of me! Let go! Let go of me!

    [Arthur looks at Bruce watching with fear, he turns and runs off]

  • Detective Garrity: Mr. Fleck. Sorry to bother you. I'm Detective Garrity this is my partner, Detective Burke. We have a few questions for you, but you weren't home. So we spoke with your mother.

    Arthur Fleck: Oh. What did you say to her? Did you do this?

    Detective Garrity: What? No.

    Detective Burke: No, no, no. We just asked her some questions. She got hysterical. Hyperventilating, collapsed...

    Arthur Fleck: Yeah, but the doctor said she had a stroke.

    Detective Garrity: We're sorry to hear about that. But like I said, I still have some questions for you. They're about to subway killings that happened last week. You've heard about them right?

    Arthur Fleck: Yeah. It's horrible.

    Detective Garrity: Right.

    Detective Garrity: So we spoke with your boss, over at Ha-Ha's. He said you were fired for bringing a gun into the children's hospital. Is that true, Mr. Fleck?

    Arthur Fleck: It's a prop. It's part of my act. I'm a party clown.

    Detective Burke: All right, so why were you fired?

    Arthur Fleck: They said I wasn't funny enough. Can you imagine that? Now if you don't mind, I have to go take care of my mother.

    Detective Burke: Your boss also gave us one of your cards. This condition of yours, The laughing, is it real, or some sort of clown thing?

    Arthur Fleck: A clown thing?

    Detective Garrity: Yeah. I mean, part of your act?

    Arthur Fleck: What do you think?

    [Arthur turns and starts walking towards the hospital doors, but walks into the glass door]

    Detective Garrity: It's exit only.