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Greg Evans
Jun 14, 2022
Lady Gaga to play Harley Quinn in Joker sequel?
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After the success of 2019's Joker movie, it appears that Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix will be returning as Gotham's 'Clown Prince of Crime' and he might have an unlikely sidekick with him.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lady Gaga is in talks to join the sequel to Todd Philipps's film as the Joker's love interest Harley Quinn. To make the story even more peculiar, the new movie is reportedly going to be a musical, which may explain why Gaga has been approached.
Gaga who has several credible acting credits to her name including A Star is Born and House of Gucci would only be the second actor to play Harley Quinn in a live-action movie. Margot Robbie has played Quinn in three different movies now, Birds of Prey and both Suicide Squad films, but we've yet to see her version of the character do any singing.
In DC Comics lore, Harley Quinn was a psychiatrist who worked at Arkham Asylum where the Joker was her patient. She eventually fell in love with the supervillain who corrupted her and turned in his lover and sidekick in crime.
Although it was acclaimed by critics and won 2 Oscars, the original Joker film has a mixed reputation among film fans and has subsequently spawned many memes since it was released.
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Inevitably the news of Lady Gaga's potential arrival in the new film is already inspired plenty of jokes. Here are some of our favourites so far.
\u201chttps://t.co/JvvsxboPdb\u201d— Zach Raffio (@Zach Raffio) 1655167795
\u201clady gaga press tour where she describes her performance in joker 2 as grounded in commedia dell'arte\u201d— Jackson McHenry (@Jackson McHenry) 1655165641
\u201ci personally do not want lady gaga subjected to this\u201d— hunter harris (@hunter harris) 1655170507
\u201cIf lady gaga joins the cast of joker , she must change her name to \u201clady haha\u201d\u201d— Ed Zitron (@Ed Zitron) 1655172016
\u201cLady Gaga press tour for Harley Quinn\u2026 I hope the deal happens JUST so we can experience her saying \u201cI have been studying psychiatry since 13.\u201d\u201d— James Harness \ud83c\udf38\ud83e\udea9 (@James Harness \ud83c\udf38\ud83e\udea9) 1655168268
\u201ci'm worried that Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn might just be a bit too subtle of a performance, yknow?\u201d— David Sims (@David Sims) 1655165370
\u201cit's so funny that joker was THE movie for straight men and now the sequel is a musical starring Lady Gaga...this is the biggest yassification in cinematic history \ud83d\ude2d #Joker2\u201d— kamala khan's lawyer (@kamala khan's lawyer) 1655174703
\u201cGaga\u2019s Harley Quinn accent is going to be life-changing. Know that.\u201d— Louis Peitzman (@Louis Peitzman) 1655171065
\u201cSet it in the Mediterranean and only use ABBA songs. I fucking dare you.\u201d— CinemaSins (@CinemaSins) 1655167037
\u201cLady Gaga\u2019s first day on the set of Joker 2:\u201d— Gaga Daily (@Gaga Daily) 1655172624
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