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Joaquin Phoenix Talks About The Scene That Was The Hardest To Cut From 'Joker'


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It's obvious that every movie has so many scenes that never make it the final cut, and a lot of those scenes might be so incredible that but had to go anyway.

But, for a lot of movies, we do end up getting to see some of the best deleted scenes in an extended cut. Recently, even Avengers: Endgame was re-released with some deleted scenes. Now, another comic book movie has taken over, but sadly we will never get to see an extended cut of it.

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Yep, Todd Phillips has made it clear that all the scenes he cut from Joker are never going to see the light of the day. He said, "I hate fucking extended cuts. I hate deleted scenes… They're deleted for a reason."

While no one would mind seeing some more scenes from Joker, what he's saying actually makes sense. It would've been in the movie in the first place if he wanted it to be in it.

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He added, "The movie that exists is exactly the movie I want it to be and I will never show a deleted scene."

Joaquin Phoenix also said that there weren't just deleted scenes, there were 'deleted acts', and then went on to talk about the 'best scene' that never made it.

He said, "There was a scene that, that during the shoot we thought was one of the best scenes and we loved his behaviour in the scene, and I'd always really liked the scene. And Todd told me and said, 'We're cutting that scene out.' And at first I thought, like, 'Wait a minute, what do you mean you cut that scene out?' And then, of course, I saw it, and it was very obvious. It has to go."

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While he loved the scene, he also understood why it was cut. He added, "That's just what's so cool about movies, right? You can have a great scene, it's something that makes sense, but the movie is the collection of all of these scenes and they have to work together to tell the story, and it actually made that whole sequence so smooth."

Coming to the scene that no one has seen, it showed Arthur talking to Randall, the guy who gave him the gun in the first place and then snitched on him, for a second time in the stairwell.

Then, that deleted scene gets a callback when Arthur writes on the sign leading down the stairwell while leaving. I'm sure it was as great a scene as they're making it up to be, but they're right, the callback scene does make sense without the cut scene as well.

Joaquin Phoenix Talks About Deleted 'Joker' Scene

But, that doesn't stop Todd Phillips from being "heartbroken” about losing the scene. In fact, he said it “might've been the last scene I cut out."

He also went on to joke, "Maybe I'll release that one.” But, nope, he followed it up with, “I'm teasing.”

So, I'm pretty sure we're never going to get to see it. But, Joaquin Phoenix loves it so much, maybe someone can convince him to leak it. 

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