Joker 2: Lady Gaga asked to be called ‘Lee’ during recording; understand

After approximately five months in production, Joker: Folie à Deux officially wrapped filming and the director of photography Lawrence Sher gave details behind the shoot with joaquin phoenix It is Lady Gaga. for the podcast The Trenches, Lawrence revealed that Gaga reportedly wanted to be called “Lee” while filming her role as the DC Comics villain, Harlequin (via EW).

“I remember not knowing Stefani (real name of Lady Gaga) and strangely, I felt like I never really knew her, even during the makeup and hair test. One week into filming, I felt like, ‘God, I feel like we’re disconnecting, or not even connecting, we’re at opposites.’ I would tell my team, ‘Jesus, I can’t understand. I feel like she hates me or we hate each other, or there’s something weird going on here.'”

Sherwho received an Academy Award for her work in framing the return of joaquin phoenix in theaters with joker (2019), said he would “almost say nothing” to Gaga in the beginning, apart from “minor things” in production – all while using the name “Stef” to refer to her.

Things changed when an assistant director told him that Gaga I would like to be called Lee on set. “I accepted, 100%. And when I spoke to her later, I called her Lee, and it was like everything had changed. Our connection had changed”, said the director of photography.

please note that Gaga has a history of giving herself intensely to her roles. During the dissemination of gucci house (2022), for example, she stated that she lived for a year as her character, Patrizia Reggianiwithout abandoning customs and mannerisms.

Todd Phillips returns to direct and write the sequel, also bringing with him the co-writer of the first film Scott Silver. Little is known about the plot of Joker: Folie à Deuxin addition to the setting in arkham asylumwhere the joker will surely fall in love with Harley Quinn in Gagaand the inclusion of musical elements.

Joker: Folie à Deux is set to hit theaters on October 4, 2024.