Lady Gaga & Joaquin Phoenix Kick Off 'Joker: Folie à Deux' Press at Venice Photo Call!

Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix are promoting Joker: Folie à Deux!

The pair, alongside director Todd Phillips, stepped out for a photo call for the new movie as part of the 2024 Venice Film Festival on Wednesday (September 4) in Venice, Italy.

At a press conference, they were asked about making the second film a musical.

Joaquin shared, “Stefani [Lady Gaga] said early on that we’re singing live and I said no we’re not. And then we did. Not only did we sing live, but every part of the recording was live. Each take was a different version of the song and that felt really exciting.”

“The music is a way to give the characters a way to express themselves because the dialogue wasn’t enough,” Gaga shared.

Joker: Folie à Deux is set to hit theaters on October 4th. Find out the rating for the film, and why it received that rating.

FYI: Lady Gaga is wearing Christian Louboutin shoes.