What appears to be a clip of an emotional outburst from Joker actor Joaquin Phoenix, criticizing a crew member of the film for calling him names, has confused moviegoers and the internet alike.
The clip first aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live last week, as Kimmel interviewed Phoenix about his role playing the iconic villain. The clip, which Kimmel claims to have received from director Todd Phillips, appears to show Phoenix in Joker makeup on set, verbally chewing out a cinematographer named Larry for calling him “Cher.” Lawrence Sher is the credited cinematographer on Joker, and according to Entertainment Weekly, goes by Larry.
“The constant whispering, just shut the [bleep] up, dude,” Phoenix says in the clip. “I’m trying to find something real.”
A little later in the clip, Phoenix hurls another jab at Larry.
“I know you started the [bleep] Cher thing, Larry,” Phoenix said. “[Bleep] making fun of me. Like I’m a [bleep] diva. It’s not even an insult. Cher, really? Singer, actor, dancer, fashion icon — how’s that a [bleep] insult?”
Phoenix’s publicist later told EW the outtake was a joke.
No other context for the joke has been made available, but this isn’t the first time Phoenix has pulled a supposedly comedic ruse during an interview. In 2009, while appearing on Late Night with David Letterman, Phoenix was similarly unresponsive. He returned the next year to explain it was all for his mockumentary film, I’m Still Here.
As for the Joker clip, Phoenix at least appeared visibly uncomfortable with the clip being shown.
“This is so embarrassing,” Phoenix said. “Sometimes movies get intense ’cause you’re a lot of people in a small space and you’re trying to find something, so it can feel intense,” he said. “But, um, that was supposed to be private. I’m a little embarrassed and I’m sorry about that.”
Phoenix later said his publicist would issue a formal apology.
In our own reporting here at IGN, Phoenix and Phillips seemed to give a different take on the atmosphere of the movie set. When asked if he had to reach into a darker emotional state to act out the role of the Joker, Phoenix laughingly rebuffed the idea.
“We literally were laughing every day [on set] going, ‘This is ridiculous!’ So, honestly, I love those stories of actors,” Phoenix told IGN. “I kind of do wish that I was that way, because it sounds so cool, but I didn't have that experience.”
Whether the on-set drama is real or just actors and crew members fooling around with audience expectations, the movie itself has proven to be a divisive, but critically lauded one, with IGN giving it a 10 out of 10.
Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN.from Entertainment - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2Vopdqn
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October 08, 2019 at 03:46AM
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