One Role, 2 Oscar Journeys: Inside Joaquin Phoenix's and Heath Ledger's Approaches to Joker
of prescription drugs, including painkillers, anti-anxiety medication and sleep aids.
Some wondered if the Joker was to blame for Ledger's death, suspecting that the actor couldn't shake off the persona. However, Ledger's sister Kate told"It's definitely the most fun I've had," Ledger toldWhile Ledger's Joker had no backstory, Phoenix's Joker was all about the backstory. In fact, he spent most of the film playing the man behind the mask—Arthur Fleck.
"For me, I didn't refer to any past iterations of the character," Phoenix said at the 2019 Venice Film Festival."It was just something that felt like it was our creation in some ways.""Everything we've come to know about Joker over the last [however] many years we've seen him in comic books and movies—how do you take that and run it through a real lens?" Phillips asked."OK, well, he didn't fall into a vat of acid.
."He goes into freeze mode when he gets attacked. So, I know that is the result of childhood trauma.""I did identify Arthur as a particular personality, a particular type," he said at the 2019 Venice Film Festival."But then I also wanted the freedom to create something that wasn't identifiable. I mean, this is a fictional character. I didn't want a psychiatrist to be able to identify the kind of person that he was.
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