Joker: This is how Joaquin Phoenix prepared to play the character

Joker premiered at Venice film festival and bagged an eight-minute standing ovation for amazing performance of Joaquin Pheonix. Phoenix has evidently scaled character of Joker layer by layer as he paved his portrayal of character to become one of most fascinating performances in cinema. film has broken rms of traditional comic book film of being light and funny. Instead, Todd Phillips has created a cinematic universe with one standalone film, which is evidently superior to all mainstream comic book films, even those of DC itself. Preparing for character has reportedly been a journey in itself for Joaquin Phoenix, Todd Phillips has stated that actor would often walk out of sets while shooting a scene and go off-script often. Here's a glimpse of how Joaquin Phoenix prepared for his iconic portrayal of Joker.

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Joaquin Phoenix already has a pedigree of losing himself in a character with films like Her and Gladiator. actor's preparation for part reportedly targetted mental and emotional aspect of character rar than just physical. character of Joker on-screen will always be attached to Heath Ledger's portrayal of character. actor was sure that his portrayal of character is t a competition to Heath Ledger, instead, Joaquin has stated in various interviews that Heath's portrayal of character is unbeatable and unmatchable. 

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In conversation with an online news portal, Joaquin Phoenix has stated that he started to lose sense of reality while essaying character. He claims that he really started to go mad when he was preparing and playing Joker. Joaquin did an extensive study of people living with chronic laughter disease called as Pseudobulbar effect. actor spent time with people going through disease to mimic way y express ir emotions and implemented it in movie. Joaquin has stated that film relies heavily on psychological aspects of Joker and hence an extensive study for playing character was important. 

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