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JOAQUIN PHOENIX DISCUSSES PREPARING FOR ROLE IN ‘JOKER’

Joaquin Phoenix is having a hard time defining the Joker, but then again, he doesn’t really want to.

The actor spent eight months exploring how a struggling stand-up comedian named Arthur Fleck becomes Batman’s antagonist, the villain with a chilling laugh and a love of chaos. Preparing for the role involved losing quite a bit of weight, studying personality disorders and practicing the laugh over and over again.

“(It’s) very difficult to

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