‘Joker 2’ Director Todd Phillips Says Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn Is Inspired by Charles Manson
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Director of ‘Joker: Folie á Deux’ Todd Phillips recently spoke about Lady Gaga‘s transformation into Harley Quinn.
Phillips told Empire magazine that Gaga’s portrayal of the iconic character is likened to Charles Manson.
“While there are some things that people would find familiar in her, it’s really Gaga’s own interpretation, and Scott [Silver, co-writer] and I’s interpretation,” Todd Phillips said. “She became the way how [Charles] Manson had girls that idolized him. The way that sometimes these [imprisoned murderers] have people that look up to them. There are things about Harley in the movie that were taken from the comic books, but we took it and molded it to the way we wanted it to be.”
The director also clarified the Joker’s role in Gotham and if he were to ever truly become the ‘Clown Prince Of Crime.’
“We would never do that,” Phillips said, “because Arthur clearly is not a criminal mastermind. He was never that. Arthur has become this symbol to people. This unwilling, unwitting symbol now paying for the crimes of the first film, but at the same time finding the only thing he ever wanted, which was love. That’s always what he’s been about, even though he’s been pushed and pulled in all these directions. So we tried to just make the most pure version of that.”
Lady Gaga previously told Access Hollywood that her take on Harley Quinn is distinct to the film; “You know my version of Harley is mine and it’s very authentic to this movie and these characters,” Gaga said. “I’ve never done anything like I’ve done in this movie before, so it’s all going to be completely brand new and really fun.”
‘Joker: Folie á Deux’ releases October 4, 2024.
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