Lady Gaga is in talks to star in Todd Phillips’ Joker sequel, and the internet is going mad. It’s easy to see why: not only is Gaga likely to play Harley Quinn, the Joker’s love interest, but it’s reported that the next instalment is going to be a musical.
Yes, we know, it’s a lot to take in. Particularly because it’s difficult to imagine the first Joker film, which was released in 2019, garnered over $1 billion at the box office and won dozens of awards - including a Best Actor Academy Award for Joaquin Phoenix - with the addition of any sort of proper choreographed sing-song element.
