Joker: Folie a Deux” didn’t make the final cut of the movie — and now, director Todd Phillips is revealing why. While filming the sequel in March 2023, the singer-turned-actress, 38, was photographed sharing a same-sex kiss with a female protester.
In the deleted scene, Gaga’s character, Lee, a grittier version of Harley Quinn, stops while walking up the courthouse steps and grabs a woman in the crowd before planting a fat one on her.
The photos immediately went viral but never wound up in the movie. When asked about the kiss, Phillips explained why he didn’t include the scene. “It had dialogue in it, and, all of a sudden, I wanted it to be more of a music and vibe moment.
For that moment to have played, it needed dialogue behind it. Meaning, the woman said something, and then Gaga stopped and did this thing, and it just kind of got in the way of the moment,” Phillips told Entertainment Weekly in an interview posted on Monday, Oct.
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