Joaquin Phoenix walks out of Joker interview after query concerning the movie’s violence

Why so critical? Properly, in the event you’re Joaquin Phoenix, it’s since you’re bored with interviewers asking main questions. Throughout a latest press interview, the actor walked out of the room when requested if he nervous violence in Joker would encourage the improper folks.

It began throughout a promotional interview for Joker with The Telegraph critic Robbie Collin. The brand new film is alleged to function graphic scenes that join the dots for the supervillain’s darkish origin story. As such, Collin approached the subject of the film’s potential potential to incite real-world violence, asking if the movie “may perversely find yourself inspiring precisely the form of folks it’s about, with doubtlessly tragic outcomes?”

Phoenix’s response was fast. “Why?” he mentioned. “Why would you…? No, no.” He then left the room. An hour later, Phoenix returned to the room, however solely after Collin engaged in “peace-brokering” with a Warner Bros. PR particular person. As soon as again, Phoenix mentioned he hadn’t anticipated the query, which precipitated his sudden and panicked departure. In accordance with The Telegraph, Phoenix by no means truly answered the query.

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Because the first R-rated live-action Bat-film, yeah, Joker positively strikes a darker tone than its predecessors. Phoenix underwent huge weight reduction for the function, and mentioned he began “to go mad” making an attempt to nail the harrowing Joker snort. You may lastly witness all of it firsthand when Joker formally comes out on October 4th. Within the meantime, revisit the film’s eerie trailer.

For followers involved the visceral imagery in Joker may spill over into different Batman movies in improvement, don’t fret. Filmmaker Matt Reeves has flatly said his The Batman with Robert Pattinson will “positively not” cross over with Phoenix’s function.