Joaquin Phoenix reportedly had his automobile stolen outdoors of his Los Angeles dwelling.
Considered one of Phoenix’s employees observed that The Joker star’s Volvo SUV was not parked outdoors his dwelling on Monday, April 28, in accordance to TMZ. The outlet reported that the employee contacted legislation enforcement and subsequently filed a police report for a stolen automobile.
An arrest has not been made and the case is an ongoing investigation for the LAPD.
Phoenix, 50, was reportedly not at his residence on the time of the incident.
Us Weekly has reached out to Phoenix and the LAPD for remark.
Phoenix has saved a comparatively low profile this 12 months following the 2024 of The Joker: Folie à Deux. Phoenix reprised his critically acclaimed function of Arthur Fleck a.ok.a The Joker for the movie, with Girl Gaga becoming a member of the solid as his companion in crime Harley “Lee” Quinzel, higher referred to as Harley Quinn.
“There was part of me that was reluctant. There was one thing so particular in regards to the first expertise and I didn’t need to taint that in any manner, however I additionally liked the thought of a problem, the thought of constant the story however discovering completely different tones to play with,” Phoenix mentioned of engaged on the sequel in a September 2024 interview with Esquire. “And we began speaking about music and the thought of efficiency actually across the time of the… I don’t even know if the film had been launched but or if it had simply been launched, however we began speaking about efficiency, actually a present, like a dwell present. There was nonetheless much more to discover, I assumed, with the character. I didn’t need to give it up. And so I used to be excited, and I used to be nervous, and all the things one may really feel, I feel.”
Along with stepping into the thoughts of the Joker for a second time, Phoenix underwent a physical transformation.
“I’m not going to speak by way of specifics of the weight loss program, as a result of I simply suppose no person needs to listen to that. However this time, it felt a bit extra difficult simply because there was a lot dance rehearsal that we have been doing, which I didn’t have final time,” he recalled throughout a Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant press convention in September 2024. “So it felt a bit harder, however it’s secure . . . I’m now 49, I most likely shouldn’t do that once more.”
Whereas the primary Joker movie was well-regarded by critics and earned Phoenix his first Oscar win, the sequel sparked backlash because of the film’s uneven tone and controversial ending, during which Phoenix’s character was killed by one other inmate who carves a smile into his personal face, strongly implying he’s the “true” Joker.
“There’s a heat in that scene, which is sweet,” Phoenix mentioned of the ultimate scene in an October 2024 interview with IGN. “That’s all that I used to be eager about that I used to be after, is right here’s this younger man who’s telling me a joke and he’s nervous to inform me the joke, I can inform that he’s nervous, and I’m going to listen to him out. And it’s a fairly good setup.”