Ikke bare er den kommende Joker-film en markant anderledes fortolkning af den ikoniske karakter, det er også netop sådan et projekt som er ret svært at få finansieret i Hollywood, at genrekombinationen er ganske uprøvet.
Dette fortæller instruktør Todd Phillips alt om i et nyt interview med LA Times, hvor han forklarer at det tog lang, lang tid at overbevise diverse studiechefer om at hans film var en god idé, og at den bare skulle være R-rated.
"It was a year-long process from when we finished the script just to get the new people on board with this vision, because I pitched it to an entirely different team than made it. There were emails about: 'You realize we sell Joker pajamas at Target.' There were a zillion hurdles, and you just sort of had to navigate those one at a time.... At the time I would curse them in my head every day. But then I have to put it in perspective and go, 'They're pretty bold that they did this.'"
Filmen fremstår da også en kende vovet, og en lidt anderledes måde at fortolke tegneseriekarakterer på i filmbranchen.
