You can watch Joaquin Phoenix’s comments on his Joker makeup in the video above or read what he had to tell us below.
Joaquin Phoenix wasn’t as involved in the development of his Joker’s clown makeup visage as you might think, but the actor did reveal his one big contribution to the character’s appearance during our recent interview in L.A.
Phoenix said director Todd Phillips sent him pictures where they had photoshopped the Joker makeup onto photos of Phoenix’s face from past films. This Joker’s clown face differs from past looks thanks to dashes of blue. The actor told Phillips the Joker look they had come up with was “amazing.”
“I thought
was brilliant to really base that look in reality, to base it off of a clown and this work that he does,” Phoenix said, calling it a “really interesting way” to approach the character’s look.
Source: IGN.com Joker: Joaquin Phoenix on the DC Movie's Makeup Design