The sequel Joker: Folie à Deux marks the debut of Lady Gaga (A Star is Born, House of Gucci) as Harley Quinn, who in this Joker-verse of Todd Phillipsto your incarnation of the popular character is known as Lee Quinzel.
During the filming of the sequel, some paparazzi images were leaked from the set, where Gaga was seen kissing another woman, in the recording of a sequence outside the court where the trial against Arthur Fleck/Joker was taking place (Joaquin Phoenix) for the murder of five people in the events we saw in the original 2019 installment.
Said Gaga scene was not included in the final cut and many fans of the artist have questioned Phillips why it was left out.
With the film's release in theaters, Phillips revealed his reasons to EW:
“There was dialogue, and all of a sudden I wanted it to be more of a musical and mood moment. For that moment to play, I needed dialogue behind it. I mean, the woman said something and then Gaga stopped and did this, and she just froze. stood in the way of the moment.”
Phillips recalls that Gaga improvised the kiss.
Joker: Folie à Deux is now in theaters in most markets worldwide. It remains to be released in Japan (October 11) and China (October 16).
The sequel It has musical elements and is set in Arkham Asylumwhich is where it ends JOKER (2019) after Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) was sent there. Folie à Deux It takes place two years after the events of the original, as Arthur awaits his trial for the murder of five people.
Phillips wrote the script with Scott Silverhis coguionist in Joker (2019).
In addition to Phoenix and Gaga, the main cast includes Zazie Beetz reprising her role as Sophie Dumond, with the new additions of Catherine Keener (Get Out), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges), Jacob Lofland (Mud), y Harry Lawtey (Industry) como Harvey Dent.
Source: https://cine3.com/joker-folie-a-deux-todd-phillips-explica-por-que-elimino-esta-escena-de-lady-gaga/
