(CNN)- With the release of “Joker: Folie à Deux” this Friday, Lady Gaga introduced audiences to Lee Quinzel, her version of Joker’s girlfriend Harley Quinn from DC Comics.
In an interview with CNN, Gaga explained how much she had to change her typical acting approach for the film, which revolves around a somewhat alienating musical and a deep connection between the Joker, aka Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix). Serves double duty as a love story. , and Gaga’s character.
Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, said, “The whole show, all the bravery of being on stage, all the things that I do as Gaga, that come naturally to me, I completely got rid of those things. Tried to get.”
The 13-time Grammy Award-winning singer, who also won an Oscar for her original song “Shallow” from the 2018 film “A Star is Born,” didn’t even learn singing techniques for her latest role.
“I tried to breathe the wrong way,” he shared, later adding that “I tried not to do any vocal placement in my throat the way I would when I was on stage.”
The result is a character with a breathy, restrained singing technique that matches Phoenix’s duet singing style. They also get along well in other ways, as he is quite comfortable with violence and arson, sometimes accompanied by the Suicide Joker, as seen in the film.
“Folie à Deux” is the sequel to 2019’s “Joker,” which earned Phoenix a best actor Oscar. The film earned more than 1 billion US dollars at the global box office, which somewhat paved the way for this unlikely sequel.
“Joker: Folie a Deux” hits theaters this Friday. It is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, which, like CNN, is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.
