Joker: Folie à Deux is set to become quite the unique follow-up to the 2019 film Joker. The team behind the sequel starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga is taking some creative liberties with the film by making it a musical and likely incorporating some surreal elements.
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Lady Gaga has already debuted her acting chops in films like the award-winning A Star Is Born from 2018 and the 2021 film House Of Gucci. Now, as we can see in the newest trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux, she’s taking on a very different role compared to her previous work.
The trailer dropped earlier this week and has fans buzzing about what to expect from the film. The film’s director, Todd Phillips, revealed a bit about Lady Gaga’s character and acting style. And it’s nothing short of dark.
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In a recent interview with Empire, Phillips noted that Lady Gaga’s character is partly inspired by the followers of cult leader Charles Manson. And she also got real method with the character on set.
“While there are some things that people would find familiar in her, it’s really Gaga’s own interpretation, and Scott [Silver] and I’s interpretation,” Phillips said in the interview. “She became the way how Manson had girls that idolized him. The way that sometimes these [convicted murderers] have people that look up to them.”
Charles Manson was a convicted and incarcerated criminal. His followers carried out a number of high-profile and brutal murders in the late 1960s. One of their most well-known victims was actress Sharon Tate. Manson died in 2017.
Lady Gaga also revealed some interesting information in the Empire piece. Namely, she noted that she was utilizing method acting for the role. She allegedly asked that she be referred to as “Lee”, her character’s name in the film, while on set. She also noted that she changed up her singing style for the role.
“People know me by my stage name, Lady Gaga, right?” Gaga said in the interview. “That’s me as that performer, but that is not what this movie is; I’m playing a character. So I worked a lot on the way that I sang to come from Lee, and to not come from me as a performer.”
Joker: Folie à Deux will be released in theaters on October 4.
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