If there's one thing that's become clear in recent weeks, it's that
The Irishman director Martin Scorsese
really doesn't like comic book movies. This confused fans because he was once linked to
Joker, but despite recent denials from his team that he was ever planning to direct the DC Comics adaptation, it's now been revealed that he was toying with the idea for four years!
"I know the film very well," the legendary filmmaker reveals.
"I know [director Todd Phillips] very well. My producer Emma Tillinger Koskoff produced it. I thought about it a lot over the last four years and decided I did not have the time for it. It was personal reasons why I didn’t get involved. But I know the script very well. It has a real energy and Joaquin. You have remarkable work."
Ultimately, it sounds like what put Scorsese off the project was the fact that Arthur Fleck would ultimately be transformed into the maniacal Clown Prince of Crime from the comic books.
"For me, ultimately, I don’t know if I make the next step into this character developing into a comic book character," he admitted.
"You follow? He develops into an abstraction."
"It doesn’t mean it’s bad art, it’s just not for me…The superhero films, as I’ve said, are another art form." Shockingly, it was then the director said something quite nice about the genre!
"They are not easy to make. There’s a lot of very talented people doing good work and a lot of young people really, really enjoy them."
Check out more of Scorsese's
Joker remarks in the player below:
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