Brendan Gleeson Reveals Why He Joined Todd Phillips' 'Joker: Folie à Deux' [Exclusive]

Brendan Gleeson Reveals Why He Joined Todd Phillips' 'Joker: Folie à Deux' [Exclusive] joker2

While sitting down with the stars of Martin McDonagh's upcoming black comedy The Banshees of Inisherin, Collider's editor-in-chief Steve Weintraub was able to bring up one of Brendan Gleeson's other future projects. Between talks of the Irish Civil War and Banshees' ensemble cast, we were curious to know how writer-director Todd Phillips' follow-up to his Oscar-winning film Joker got on Gleeson's radar.

COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY As a fan of Phillips' reimagined, sort of realist take on the Batman's arch-nemesis, Weintraub wanted to know what was the final push, that irresistible deciding factor about the material, that led Gleeson to board the production for Folie à Deux. Surprisingly, it wasn't the script that appealed most, rather the Emmy Award-winner had this to say:

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