Published 14:31 IST, January 8th 2020

'Joker' star Zazie Beetz always knew her character would survive in the film

'Joker' made an impact on the global box office like no other R-rated movie. Now, actor Zazie Beetz has opened up about the fate of her character in the film.

Reported by: Amir Khollam
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Though Joker wrapped up all narratives it introduced during course of its runtime, director Todd Phillips deliberately left a loose end. Arthur Fleck's love interest - Sophie Dumond's fate was left uncleared at end of film, leaving it open for interpretation. Though many people were expecting that Arthur's character has actually killed Sophie, director Todd Phillips had recently stated that she in fact made it out alive of movie. w, actor Zazie Beetz, who played character of Dumond has weighed in her views about same. 

Disclaimer - Spoiler for Joker (2019)

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Zazie Beetz on Sophie Dumond's fate in Joker

Zazie Beetz was away from public front right after movie came out as she wished for people to t make her character's fate a big deal. She stated that she and makers of film never discussed a negative ending for character, but understands that it was easy for people to come to that conclusion given nature of film. She stated that it was always self-evident to her that Sophie Dumond did t get killed. Zazie explained it furr that Arthur was avenging himself against people who did him wrong, but her character did t do any harm to Arthur, instead, she ackwledged him. 

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Furrmore, she added that when Arthur comes over to Sophie's apartment, she still ackwledges him with respect, though also with visible fear. Zazie understands why a narrative of her character dying could be interpreted as Arthur's character is a very unreliable storyteller. But, she was also always clear upon kwing her character's fate. In conclusion, she expressed her gratitude towards Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips and would be splendid to work on any or project with two, perhaps a Joker sequel. 

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14:31 IST, January 8th 2020