Joker: Folie à Deux director Todd Phillips’ decision to cut a scene where Lady Gaga kisses another woman.The sequel to 2019’s Joker was released on Friday (October 4), and catches up with Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck, aka the Joker, while he is a patient at a mental health facility after the events of the first film.
He falls in love with Lady Gaga’s Harleen ‘Lee’ Quinzel, aka Harley Quinn.And now, in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Phillips has given his explanation for why a scene in which Lee kisses a woman in a group of protesters outside a courthouse did not make it into the final cut.The scene would have taken place just before one of Fleck’s court appearances, as he is being prosecuted for the crimes he committed in the original film.
Phillips confirmed that Gaga improvised the kiss scene, but felt he had to leave it out to help the film’s flow.“It had dialogue in it, and, all of a sudden, I wanted it to be more of a music and vibe moment,” Phillips said. “For that moment to have played, it needed dialogue behind it.
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