Lady Gaga also tells PEOPLE she "wanted to do something I've never done before" in Joker: Folie à Deux. In the sequel to Joker, Gaga plays Lee Quinzel/Harley Quinn. Joaquin Phoenix returns in this movie following his Oscar win in the first movie.
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00:00How did you leave her behind and off camera?
00:02You know, I didn't really.
00:03I didn't bring her home with me, for sure.
00:05But the work always really stayed with me.
00:10And because you fall in love with the characters that you play.
00:15I always have, anyway.
00:16Sometimes I've had trouble leaving them.
00:19But I'm in a new place.
00:21I really wanted to do something that I've never done before.
00:24And I think because there's so much around identity and duality in this movie.
00:30Arthur and Joker.
00:31Lee and Harley Quinn.
00:33And then for me, you know, having a persona in my life as Gaga.
00:37You know, I think I just wanted to make it really grounded in reality.
00:41Because I definitely think having two identities is really complicated.
00:49And I knew that there was a real story in there.
00:52And I wanted her to tell it.