In a recent interview with Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin, Phoenix revealed that he was asked to play the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. “I remember I talked to Chris Nolan ...

Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in 'Joker: Folie à Deux' and Heath Ledger as the Joker in 'The Dark Knight' Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection Joaquin Phoenix had his turn at playing the ...

For a moment, it seemed as though The Joker was going to be an impossible obstacle to overcome. The Dark Knight trilogy is ...

In 2008, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight reinvigorated Batman’s character for an entire generation of DC fans. Following ...

Before he played the starring role in 2019’s Joker, Joaquin Phoenix was close to landing the same role in The Dark Knight. The actor recently revealed The Dark Knight’s director Chris Nolan ...

Joaquin Phoenix played his Joker cards over the long haul ... who died in January 2008 at age 28 before The Dark Knight was released in theaters. The following month, Phoenix also swept up ...

Joaquin Phoenix almost played the Joker in 'The Dark Knight'. The 50-year-old actor was approached by Christopher Nolan to play the Batman villain in the 2008 picture but turned the part – which ...

"I can't imagine what it would be if we didn't have Heath Ledger's performance in that film, right?" said Phoenix, who went on to play the character later Borja B. Hojas/WireImage; Warner Bros/DC ...