Lady Gaga‘s character Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux has seemingly inspired by Charles Manson’s followers.
Previously, Margot Robbie played the famous role in 2016’s Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey and the 2021 reboot The Suicide Squad.
During a recent conversation with Empire Magazine, film director Todd Phillips revealed the renowned singer’s approach to Harley Quinn’s role.
He shared, “While there are some things that people would find familiar in her, it’s really Gaga’s own interpretation, and Scott [Silver, co-writer] and I’s interpretation. She became the way how [Charles] Manson had girls that idolised him.”
Todd further explained, “The way that sometimes these [imprisoned murderers] have people that look up to them. There are things about Harley in the movie that were taken from the comic books, but we took it and moulded it to the way we wanted it to be.”
Moreover, Lady Gaga also admitted to the outlet that she had to change her voice to play the Harley.
She confessed, “People know me by my stage name, Lady Gaga, right? That’s me as that performer, but that is not what this movie is; I’m playing a character. So I worked a lot on the way that I sang to come from Lee and to not come from me as a performer.”
Her upcoming film set to release on October 4, 2024.
