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Director Todd Phillips posted a screen test recently of Joaquin Phoenix morphing into Batman’s nemesis in full makeup for the upcoming movie about the clown prince of crime.
At first, Phoenix appears in his pre-villain form as failed comic Arthur. Arthur then smiles and the flickering image of The Joker overtakes him to the tune of The Guess Who song “Laughing.”
Phillips teased the film earlier last week by posting a pre-makeup picture of a scowling Phoenix as “Arthur,” apparently confirming reports that the character’s real name would be Arthur Fleck.
Footage also leaked of Phoenix’s Arthur knocking the nose off a clown in an alley.
An Oct. 4, 2019, release is planned for The Joker origin film.