Joaquin Phoenix Says He Spoke to Christopher Nolan About Playing Joker in ‘Dark Knight’: “I Wasn’t Ready Then”
Joaquin Phoenix bagged an Oscar for his role as Joker in Todd Phillips’ 2019 movie. However, more than a decade prior to its release, he admitted that he had been offered the chance to play Batman’s arch-nemesis, the Joker, in Christopher Nolan’s renowned The Dark Knight.