Ever since Lady Gaga was cast as Harley Quinn in Joker 2, I've been desperate to see her interpretation of the iconic villainess. Harley is one of my favorite comic book characters ever, and Gaga is my favorite music artist – a match made in heaven for me personally. But when I watched the first trailer, as much as I was instantly bowled over by Gaga's take on Harley, something else caught my attention, too: the film looks set to reinvent Harley Quinn, and that has me very excited.
It's clear from the very first glimpse at Gaga's Harley that this is an all new version of the Clown Princess of Crime. For one thing, she's a patient at Arkham, which is a major twist to her traditional origin story. When Harley debuted in Batman: The Animated Series, she was eventually revealed to be Joker's former psychiatrist, who followed him into supervillainy after falling head over heels for him. Putting her on a more equal footing with Joker is a fascinating change that already marks this version of Harley out as something all new.
