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Some images of Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn have blown up the Internet. New photos from the filming set of Joker: Madness for Two have given a better look at the character of the international star in the film of DC Comics. The film is a sequel to Joker (2019), which became the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time and racked up a number of major awards, including a Best Actor win for the star. Joaquin Phoenix at the Oscars.
The images of Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn
Now, Joker: Folie à Deux goes for more, with a musical component for the sequel (a pioneer among superhero movies) that adds Lady Gaga’s version of Harley Quinn with the Joker from Phoenix. A Twitter, Home of DCU shared the first photos from the set where we see the actress and singer filming the movie directed by Todd Phillips. Some images that have generated a great impact on social networks:
BREAKING: Lady Gaga has been spotted on set for #JokerFolieADeux pic.twitter.com/eKO7QzjFRO
Why Margot Robbie doesn’t play this character
Margot Robbie no es Harley Quinn in Joker: Madness for Two the film is set in a different universe than the main DC, as explained by James Gunn himself in the reveal of the DC Universe whiteboard last January. Joker: Folie à Deux is an “Elseworlds” story, allowing the film to experiment with the laws of superhero movies as director Todd Phillips sees fit. As well as deviating from the source material, which some rumors indicate is the case for Lady Gaga’s version of the character in the film.
Harley Quinn is known, both in the comics and in the movies in which Margot Robbie has appeared, as a doctor who falls in love with her deranged patient, The Joker. The end of the first installment set up the villain’s first encounter with the criminal as her character from Doctor Harleen Quinzel (Lady Gaga) in Joker: Folie à Deux. Arthur Fleck was last seen running around Arkham Asylum, the place that unites the two criminal lunatics in the comics. But some rumors suggest that the character dynamics won’t be the same as in many other DC movies and series.
