Margot Robbie has shared her ideas on Lady Gaga enjoying Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux.
Earlier this yr, Warner Bros. introduced that Lady Gaga has joined the forged of the upcoming Joker sequel, subtitled Folie à Deux. Gaga is about to star reverse Academy Award winner Joaquin Phoenix, with the singer-turned-actress taking over the function of Harley Quinn, the long-lasting love curiosity of The Joker. She is the second actress to play Harley Quinn in live-action after Margot Robbie.
While doing the press rounds for her new film Amsterdam, Margot Robbie spoke to MTV News and commented on Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn casting. Robbie experessed her pleasure about seeing Gaga as the long-lasting DC Comics character within the Joker sequel.
“It makes me so happy because I said from the very beginning, it’s all I want is for Harley Quinn to be one of those characters, the way, like, Macbeth or Batman, always gets passed, you know, from great actor to great actor. And it’s kind of like someone gets to do their Batman or someone gets to do their Macbeth or someone, you know?”
Margot Robbie later in contrast the state of affairs to her casting as Queen Elizabeth I in 2018’s Mary Queen of Scots, as that function has additionally been performed by two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett.
“And I feel like in not so many cases are they female characters. Queen Elizabeth I, but like beyond that, which I got to have a crack out as well, which I was honored to do. I was like, ‘Wow, Cate Blanchett did Queen Elizabeth I. Now I get to.’ It’s such an honor to have built a foundation strong enough that Harley can now be one of those characters that other actors get to have a go at playing. And I think she’ll do something incredible with it.”
Todd Phillips is directing Joker: Folie à Deux, working from a script he co-wrote alongside Scott Silver. The movie’s forged additionally contains Brendan Gleeson and Zazie Beetz. Production is anticipated to start this December for a October 2024 launch.
Meanwhile, Margot Robbie’s future as Harley Quinn is presently a thriller. The character was final seen in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, which underperformed on the field workplace because it was launched concurrently in theaters and on HBO Max throughout the pandemic.
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Source: MTV News
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