Zazie Beetz might be jumping studios and superhero universes for her next comic book project, because she could be playing an intriguing role in the recently-dated (and named) Joker origin movie.
The Hollywood Reporter suggests Beetz — who recently lit up the screen as Deadpool 2‘s luck-altering mutant warrior Domino — is in talks to join Joaquin Phoenix in Joker in a major role.
Should Beetz accept, the site reports that she would be cast as a “single mother who catches the interest of the man who will become the Clown Prince of Crime”. Whether that interest is romantically inclined or otherwise, it’s likely to be a major role in the origin story.
There were more reports recently that Joker could be looking to cast another important figure in the Clown Prince’s life: His own mother. But it’s a possibility those rumours were crossed wires over the role Beetz is allegedly in talks for. Otherwise, there might be more motherly figures in Joker than we could ever have expected. God help us all.
Joker is set to hit US theatres 4 October 2019.