Joaquin Phoenix played his Joker cards over the long haul. As for Phoenix, "I wasn’t ready then," he said. "That’s one of those things where it’s like, ‘What is in me that’s not doing this?’ And it’s ...

When Joaquin Phoenix accepted his SAG Award back in 2020, he used the moment to shine a light on the actors who inspired him ...

Heath Ledger died months before The Dark Knight arrived in theaters. As a result, the actor never got to see the response to his performance as The Joker or receive the "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar, ...

Joaquin Phoenix has revealed he almost played the Joker ten years before Todd Phillip’s titular film. The Gladiator actor, 50, starred as the Batman villain in the 2019 origin movie Joker and reprised ...

Joaquin Phoenix was recently present for a 2-hour long chat, where he revealed how he almost landed the job to play Joker in The Dark Knight (2008). On the podcast Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin, the ...

With his best actor win for limited series “The Penguin,” Colin Farrell joins a small circle of just three actors who have earned a Golden Globe for playing comic book villains. When asked in the ...

Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in 'Joker: Folie à Deux' and Heath Ledger as the Joker in 'The Dark Knight' Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection Joaquin Phoenix had his turn at playing the Joker ...

Joaquin Phoenix revealed for the first time during a recent interview on “Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin” that he was approached to play the Joker by Christopher Nolan for 2008’s “The Dark Knight,” ...

Phoenix is only now revealing he was initially considered for the iconic part that went to Heath Ledger. Some of Hollywood's best actors have played the Joker, the ultimate arch villain of the Batman ...