Despite Joker grossing over a billion dollars at the box office and walking away with two Oscars including Best Actor for Joaquin Pheonix and Best Original Score, Pheonix’s co-star Zazie Beetz doesn’t think there needs to be a sequel.
At the Academy Awards, MTV News spoke to Beetz on the red carpet regarding a Joker sequel, to which she stated that she isn’t sure it needs a continuation despite director Todd Phillips being open to the idea.
“Ah, I don’t know. I don’t know if it needs one. I think there is a lot of strength in not milking something,” Beetz said. “Honestly, I feel like Todd would be the person to be able to do that tastefully I think if he felt it needed one. I really trust him. He’s really creative and smart – so sure!”
Are we going to see a #Joker sequel? @joshuahorowitz asked @jokermovie star Zazie Beetz on the #Oscars red carpet: "I don't know if it needs one (…) I feel like Todd [Phillips] would be the person to be able to do that tastefully" pic.twitter.com/khF3lFtA2K
— MTV NEWS (@MTVNEWS) February 10, 2020
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Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix (The Sisters Brothers), Robert De Niro (Goodfellas), Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2), Bill Camp (Red Sparrow), Frances Conroy (American Horror Story), Brett Cullen (Narcos), Glenn Fleshler (Billions), Douglas Hodge (Penny Dreadful), Marc Maron (GLOW), Josh Pais (Motherless Brooklyn), Shea Whigham (Kong: Skull Island), Douglas Hodge (Robin Hood) and Dante Pereira-Olson (You Were Never Really Here).
