Joker: this detail shows that Joaquin Phoenix has very well thought out his character

Joaquin Phoenix is ​​known to give himself full in his roles. Weight loss, immersion in the character, reflection on his approach, his way of expressing himself … and not leaving anything to chance. During his preparation for the role of the Joker, a famous super-vilan of the Batman universe, he did not go otherwise.

Observe well throughout the film

The actor based the laughter of the antihero on that of people with pathological laughter, lost more than 25 kilos, placing it in a state of vulnerability, hunger and weakness allowing him to better interpret this tortured character and feeling excluded from society. But there is an additional detail which also proves the reflection around the course of the Joker in the film.

If you observe the hands of Arthur Fleck throughout the film, they say a lot about the mental duality of the character. Indeed, as identified in particular on Redditwhen Arthur writes jokes or harmless notes in his newspaper, he writes with the right hand. But when he writes violent or offensive remarks, they are written with the left hand:

Hand games, (super-) villains

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We can also see that Joker, when he considers the use of violence and then devotes himself to it, always does it with the left hand:

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The Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin version is only left -handed to hold his cigarette or handle a weapon. The rest of the time, we see that Arthur Fleck is right -handed (he puts on with his right hand), as well as Joaquin Phoenix in real life.

Did you spot this attention to the detail of Joaquin Phoenix?