Before the massive success of Joker in 2019, Joaquin Phoenix dreamed of returning as Arthur Fleck, but in a completely different format.
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Director Todd Phillips and Phoenix told Variety that shortly before production on Joker wrapped, Phoenix told Phillips that he dreamed of being on stage as Fleck, telling jokes and singing as Fleck wanted to do in the 2019 film.
"Todd was standing in the wings talking to me on a headset," Phoenix recalls. "I woke up excited and called him, hoping he would do a show with me."
That dream led the couple to consider how they could continue Fleck’s story on the Broadway stage. Phillips quickly realized, however, that it wasn’t practical and would take far too much time—and that was before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
