Joaquin Phoenix's Joker appears shirtless in haunting promo image for sequel

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Joker 2's writer-director Todd Phillips treated his Instagram followers to a haunting first look at Joaquin Phoenix reprising his role as the titular villain.The Oscar-nominated filmmaker, 51, posted an image on Saturday of his 48-year-old Oscar-winning star in character as Arthur Fleck, aka the Joker.A shirtless Phoenix is seen resting his head on a sink as a barber gives him a shave on the first day of filming.

Whoa: Joker 2's writer-director Todd Phillips, 51, treated his Instagram followers to a haunting first look at Joaquin Phoenix, 48, reprising his role as the titular villain.

The Oscar-nominated filmmaker posted an image on Saturday of his Oscar-winning star in character as Arthur Fleck, aka the Joker'Day 1,' Phillips captioned the photo. 'Our boy. #joker' With his body appearing malnourished and sickly, Phoenix leaned his head back on a towel and stared up at the ceiling with the cold dark eyes of his character.

Shaving cream covers the lower half of his face as the hand of a barber holds a razor at his throat. With this photo and caption, fans finally have confirmation that the highly anticipated followup to 2019's critically-acclaimed blockbuster film has begun filming after years of development.