
Lady Gaga is a global pop star who has seamlessly made the transition into acting. She’s got a penchant for appearing on Awards Season favorites, and for taking her job and marketing the films super seriously. Lady Gaga is still going full method on sets, and this Joker 2 BTS story had her going by another name entirely. And no, it’s not Mother Monster.
Given the wild success of Joker, which earned Joaquin Phoenix an Academy Award, Warner Bros. quickly moved forward with a sequel from director Todd Phillips. The upcoming follow-up is titled Joker: Folie à Deux, and will surprisingly be a musical. Gaga is playing Harley Quinn in the mysterious project, and the director of photography Lawrence Sher has gone viral on Twitter when describing his experience working with the Star is Born icon. He spoke about originally not being able to connect with Gaga, saying: