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Being in the Worst Movie Ever Made: Joker 2
from The Joker 2 & Kamala Harris | The Tim Dillon Show #412 · #412
16 min
Tim tells an extended story about his small role as a prison guard in Joker: Folie à Deux, describing the on-set lunches, Joaquin Phoenix's bizarre musical performances, Lady Gaga's irrelevance, walking out of his own scene, and imagining the honest phone call his agents should have given him about being in the biggest Hollywood bomb of the year.
- Tim sat with other actors on Joker 2 wondering how bad it would be, watching Joaquin Phoenix sing and do jazz hands.
- He calls Joker 2 probably the worst film ever made, arguably the worst film ever on a screen.
- The first Joker worked because it captured nihilism and anger in the culture; this one is such a joyless slog.
- Lady Gaga is not a good actress, Tim states, saying he's obligated to be honest even if it damages him in the business.
- Tim suggests Todd Phillips could be making an October 7th musical next, which would at least have music and make more sense.
- Gaga is irrelevant now; A Star Is Born was ten years ago and she's been replaced by Chapel Roan as the gay trans icon.
- Joaquin is a brilliant actor but they had him trying to be Fred Astaire, which was a big mistake.
- Tim describes the Arkham Asylum set recreated on the Universal lot with great craft services and expensive lunches that got cheaper as filming continued.
- He had a quick scene he missed entirely because he was texting on his phone about how bad the movie is.
- Being in the biggest Hollywood bomb of the year is not nothing—Tim is proud to be involved in a massive big-budget blowout failure.
- Tim does a bit joking that if you need a movie to have a plot, you're a loser, and if you don't like musicals you hate women and trans people.
- The whole disaster happened because of hubris; Tim suggested immediately firing Lady Gaga multiple times at the pasta truck.
- The whole entertainment business is fake and pretend; this $300 million film is just a waste that's on screen.
- His agent promised being in Joker 2 would be a big deal and open doors, but the only door it opened was people walking out of the Laguna Beach theater.
- When you have an agency, seven or eight people with names like Josh and Jonah call you when something good happens, and they're all just Gremlins.
- The movie earned the worst CinemaScore of all time for a comic book studio movie.
- Tim imagines what the real call should have been: admitting upfront it would be the worst film ever made, with a prison guard suit that makes him look fatter.
- Despite knowing it would be the worst film ever made, Tim would have been grateful and thanked them, hoping maybe it would be the third worst instead.
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