Todd Phillips is back with Joker: Folie à Deux and that means he gets to work with Joaquin Phoenix again, who he says is "The greatest actor there ever was" at the film's UK premiere in London's Leicester Square. Report by Jonesl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00How does it feel to be at this incredible UK premiere in the iconic Leicester Square?
00:04It's the best. I love coming here. I've been here with a lot of movies and it's so nice
00:07to be back.
00:09What made you want to revisit the world of Joker?
00:12I guess Joaquin Phoenix. He's the greatest actor there ever was and I love working with
00:16him. I just wanted to be around him more. I mean, you know, Joaquin just is... He just
00:23is... He never stops challenging you as a filmmaker and he loves to be challenged back
00:29so it just makes the process really fun.
00:31So it was great to be there on a second go.
00:33Yeah, it was the best.
00:34Let's talk about Lady Gaga. Why was she the perfect person for Lee, aka Carly Quinn?
00:40Well for the obvious... One obvious reason is that because we leaned so heavy on the
00:44music in this film that, you know, she brought music with her. But at the same time she brought
00:49a level of vulnerability which I think really worked for Lee.
00:54Why should fans go and see this in cinemas in the UK?
00:57I mean, fans... You know, it's not just this movie. Every movie needs to be seen in cinemas
01:01not only to support the cinemas but because movies are meant to be seen with a bunch of
01:07strangers sitting around you laughing, crying, shocked, whatever it is. It's a group experience.
01:12That's what we make the movies for.