Filmmaker has all the appreciation for Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix starrer 'Joker: Folie a Deux', reported People. Lady Gaga plays the role of opposite Joaquin Phoenix. Gaga plays Lee, who eventually becomes Harley Quinn, a patient in Arkham State Hospital, a mental institution where Phoenix's Arthur Fleck is a maximum-security inmate.
The sequel to the 2019 film 'Joker' hit the theatres on October 4. The first 'Joker' was a huge success, both critically and commercially. It was nominated for 11 Oscars, with Joaquin Phoenix winning Best Actor and Hildur Gudnadottir winning for Original Score.
It became the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever. Phoenix reprises his role as Joker in the sequel, and Lady Gaga joins as Harley Quinn. The supporting cast includes Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, and Harry Lawtey.
Zazie Beetz returns as Sophie from the first film. The sequel is said to be a musical, building on Phoenix's dancing scenes from the original. The first instalment earned over 1 billion dollars at the worldwide box office and bagged Phoenix a Best Actor Oscar.
"I really, really liked it, really. A lot. Like, tremendously," the Oscar-winning filmmaker said about 'Joker: Folie a Deux'.
"I went to see it expecting to be impressed by the filmmaking," Tarantino said, adding,, "but I thought it was going to be an arms-length, intellectual exercise that ultimately I wouldn't think worked like a movie...
but I didn't find it an intellectual exercise. I really got.
