Joker trailer: Joaquin Phoenix is terrifying as iconic villain
Joaquin Phoenix plays the iconic villain in the upcoming film, Joker, and the trailer indicates it’s going to be a ripper.
Joker director Todd Philips has finally sent in the clown.
He took the stage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week to introduce the first teaser trailer for his upcoming comic book origin story starring Joaquin Phoenix as DC Comics’ iconic villain.
“There’s been a lot of chatter about what this film is and what it isn’t, and most of it hasn’t been very accurate,” Phillips says of the flick, set to premiere in October. “But it’s expected when you set out to make an origin story about a beloved character who basically has no definitive origin.”
And that might be because Philips himself has had trouble wrapping his head around the flick. Addressing the film’s air of mystery, he recalls even failing to deliver a clear description to his bosses at Warner Bros.
“It’s a tragedy,” he adds.
As Jimmy Durante’s Smile plays in the background, the audience is introduced to the events that led a once-mild-mannered Arthur into the deranged Joker we know.
“My mother always tells me to smile and put on a happy face — she told me I had a purpose to bring laughter and joy to the world,” says Arthur in a voiceover.
The teaser portrays ominous and abject snippets of Phoenix as Arthur Fleck: stumbling clown-clad through the streets of Gotham City, being hit by a car, beaten by Subway bullies, dancing with his mother (Frances Conroy), eating dinner with Sophie Dumond (Zazie Beetz), talking with an unknown character (Brian Tyree Henry) — and, finally, dying his hair “Joker” green.
And, of course, the sneak peek would not be complete without a hysterically laughing Joker.
“I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realise it’s a comedy.”
As with every Joker movie that’s come before, secrecy and gossip will persist, but fans on Twitter are no less enticed, with one calling it “seriously different, unusual and twisted”.
wow the new Joker looks seriously...different...unusual...twisted.. pic.twitter.com/E72Jkv4a0A
— brad esposito 🃠(@bradesposito) April 3, 2019
#Joker looks absolutely stunning. I love how the trailer isn’t showing Joaquin Phoenix wax poetic about chaos, or showing him on a murderous rampage. It’s showing his descent into madness, as he gradually loses his grip on reality. This could be something special. pic.twitter.com/DbpkDn81oI
— Dan Marcus (@Danimalish) April 3, 2019
#Joker looks like exactly what I wanted it to be.
— Declan Mckinney (@DeclanMckinney) April 3, 2019
The visual style is dark and gritty, the twisted humour lends itself so well to this character.
Joaquin just disappears into this role, I could not be more excited! pic.twitter.com/PXQnye2m72
This movie is going to be a masterpiece, a psychologically thriller of a very deep, complex and full of layers character. What we always asked for. And he is coming for his much deserved Academy Award. #Joker pic.twitter.com/I9tMKFCgDT
— ð–†ð–“ð–†| 22 days till endgame (@kingincanti) April 3, 2019
Safe to say that barring Endgame, #Joker is my most anticipated film of the year. I can already tell that Todd Phillips & Joaquin Phoenix have created something truly unique here. This guy is THE Joker. pic.twitter.com/YgDMmktrEC
— ð™ˆð™–ð™©ð™© 💀 (@Matt_Whelan101) April 3, 2019
This article originally appeared on The New York Post and was reproduced with permission
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