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Joaquin Phoenix Reveals That He Almost Played the Joker in ‘The Dark Knight’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: There have been two iconic portrayals of the Joker in
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  Speaker 2: this century, both of which earned the actor playing the
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  Speaker 2: iconic DC villain and oscar. First came the late Heath
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  Speaker 2: Ledger for his turn as the clown in two thousand
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  Speaker 2: and eight The Dark Knight. Then Joaquin Phoenix won Best
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  Speaker 2: Actor as the titular character in twenty nineteen's Joker. But
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  Speaker 2: Joaquin just revealed on Rick Rubin's podcast he was actually
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  Speaker 2: considered for the version of the role made famous by
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  Speaker 2: Heath in The Dark Knight, saying, I remember I talked
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  Speaker 2: to director Chris Nolan about The Dark Knight, but it
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  Speaker 2: didn't happen. For whatever reason. I wasn't ready. Then that's
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  Speaker 2: one of those moments where I wondered what was in me.
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  Speaker 2: It's not up to doing this, but it's not about me.
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  Speaker 2: There's another person who's going to do it, and that
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  Speaker 2: is Heat. That's Joaquing Phoenix then almost playing the Joker
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  Speaker 2: in the Dark Knight before taking the role years later
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  Speaker 2: Joker fully Ado is out now
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