Whereas it hasn’t been formally confirmed that Lady Gaga will play Harley Quinn in Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux, it’s undoubtedly attainable — and Margot Robbie is absolutely onboard with that potential casting.
Robbie, who most not too long ago performed Quinn in 2021’s The Suicide Squad, has portrayed the previous Arkham Asylum psychiatrist since 2016’s Suicide Squad and stated she’d be “so blissful” if Gaga took on the role within the Joker sequel.
“It makes me so blissful as a result of I stated from the very starting is all I need is for Harley Quinn to be a type of characters, the way in which, like, Macbeth or Batman all the time will get handed, you understand, from nice actor to nice actor,” Robbie stated throughout a latest interview with MTV News.
She continued, “It’s sort of like somebody will get to do their Batman, or somebody will get to do their Macbeth or somebody, you understand? And I really feel like in not so many circumstances are there feminine characters.” Robbie defined that one of many few feminine characters that has gotten handed on to different actors is Queen Elizabeth I, however there aren’t many past that.
“It’s such an honor to have constructed a basis sturdy sufficient that Harley can now be a type of characters that different actors get to have a go at taking part in,” Robbie stated of Gaga probably portraying Quinn. “I feel she’ll do one thing unimaginable with it.”
Gaga hasn’t but been confirmed to be taking part in Quinn in Joker 2 reverse Joaquin Phoenix’s Clown Prince of Crime. However the supervillain is understood for his on-and-off abusive relationship with Quinn, his former psychiatrist who falls in love with him and turns into his companion in crime.
If Gaga is to tackle the function in Phillips’ sequel, her model of the character would exist in a unique DC Universe than Robbie’s does, leaving area for each actresses to play the psychiatrist-turned-criminal in separate movies.
Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener and Jacob Lofland spherical out the forged of Joker: Folie à Deux, which is set to hit theaters on Oct. 4, 2024.
This text initially appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.
