Here’s Your First Look At Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker In Makeup

Here’s Your First Look At Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker In Makeup

Video: You’ve seen the man behind the masquerade. Now you get to see just what Joaquin Phoenix’s nascent clown prince of crime will look like.

Joker director Todd Phillips has taken to Instagram to release the first camera test for Phoenix in character as Arthur Fleck, the man destined to become Batman’s most infamous nemesis. Set to the Guess Who’s “Laughing”, you get to see both a “normal” version of Arthur, as he slowly cracks a grim smile… before becoming a very Pagliacci-inspired Joker:

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Camera test (w/ sound). Joker.

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This isn’t the first Joker-based Pagliacci influence we’ve seen, of course — but hey, that’s because it works. Joker is currently due to release 3 October 2019.


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