Joker: Joaquin Phoenix and director Todd Phillip are all smiles at the Paris premiere of the film

Joaquin Phoenix and director Todd Phillip were all smiles as they posed for photographs at the Paris premiere of the highly anticipated film titled Joker. The film Joker which received the honour of Golden Lion at Venice film festival has generated a lot of intrigue among the fans as this film brings to them the origin story of Joker's character.

Updated on Sep 25, 2019  |  02:18 PM IST |  2.6M
Joker: Joaquin Phoenix and director Todd Phillip are all smiles at the Paris premiere of the film
Joker: Joaquin Phoenix and director Todd Phillip are all smiles at the Paris premiere of the film

Joaquin Phoenix and director Todd Phillip were all smiles as they posed for photographs at the Paris premiere of the highly anticipated film titled Joker. The film Joker which received the honour of Golden Lion at Venice film festival has generated a lot of intrigue among the fans as this film brings to them the origin story of Joker's character. The film, Joker will see actor Joaquin Phoenix essaying the role of Arthur Fleck aka Joker. The character essayed by Joaquin Phoenix is a very complex, dark and constitutes multiple layers to it. The film, Joker helmed by director Todd Phillip is slated for a release on October 4.  

The film made headlines recently, when some critics started calling the film dangerous even before the film released on the big screen. The actor Joaquin Phoenix during an interview was asked about the negative impact that the Joker's character will have on the viewers. Joaquin Phoenix did not respond to the question and simply walked away. But, there are fans who believe in the film and countered the critics and their allegations of the film being dangerous and violent. The character of Arthur Fleck aka Joker is an unsuccessful stand-up comic who is trying to fit into his surroundings.

The people who are around the character of Arthur Fleck do not acknowledge him and think of him as a person who is good for nothing. Joaquin Phoenix's Arthur Fleck is struggling to make his way through the daily humiliations and ignorance that comes his way. The actor Joaquin Phoenix while talking about the character had said that it is very necessary that Arthur Fleck's character needs to be complex and very hard to understand.    

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