Willem Dafoe "Fantasised" About Playing "Joker imposter" Opposite Joaquin Phoenix's Joker - 8days Skip to main content

Advertisement

Advertisement

Willem Dafoe "Fantasised" About Playing "Joker imposter" Opposite Joaquin Phoenix's Joker

Watch out, Hollywood: Willem Dafoe has a crazy idea for a 'Joker' sequel.

Willem Dafoe "Fantasised" About Playing "Joker imposter" Opposite Joaquin Phoenix's Joker

Willem Dafoe has "fantasised" about playing a "Joker imposter" character in a movie alongside Joaquin Phoenix.

The 66-year-old star, a long-time fan-favourite to take on the iconic Batman villain role, admitted he would love to star opposite Phoenix — who played the title character in 2019 movie Joker and won the Best Actor Oscar for his efforts — in a film where his alter-ego would be imitating the Joker.

Speaking to GQ, Dafoe said: "There is something interesting about, like, if there was a Joker imposter. So it would be possible to have not duelling Jokers but someone that [claims] to be the Joker that isn't the Joker.

"And that kind of opens up the possibility of an interesting story, particularly if you had Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker, and then you had someone who was either imitating or riffing off what he did. I fantasised about that. But other than that I am not talking to anybody [about it], you're the first one."

But Dafoe admitted he doesn't relish playing villains any more than he does other characters.

When asked if he likes playing villains, he joked, "I don’t know what that is. I’ll play dumb. You play characters.

"I could say, 'Oh yeah, it's fun to play villains cause you can do things that you can't do in life, or it's fun to play with your dark side.'

"But I don't know. I'm not thinking about those things."

Dafoe's comments come after Phoenix recently hinted at a possible Joker sequel.

In October, he told Playlist: "This is an interesting guy. There are some things we could do with this guy and could [explore] further. But as to whether we actually will? I don't know."

The possibility of a follow-up was also echoed by Todd Phillips during filming for the first flick.

Speaking after the movie's release on IGN UK Podcast, Phillips said: "Well, there was [a push for a sequel] even before Joker came out.

"A movie does that kind of business and became that beloved around the world - they had talked to us about it. Joaquin and I had spoken about it anyway as far back as when we were shooting the movie." — BANG SHOWBIZ

Photos: TPG News/Click Photos


Advertisement

Shopping

Advertisement

Want More? Check These Out

Watch

You May Also Like