The JOKER film with Joaquin Phoenix is coming in early October… Fans are eagerly looking forward to the season of the witch clown..
But where did Phoenix get the inspiration? Not Heath Ledger.. but reality..
In a new interview with Italian magazine Il Vernerdi (via The Playlist), the actor revealed that he studied victims of PLC (Pathological Laughter or Crying), to craft his take on The Joker’s evil laugh.
“I saw videos showing people suffering from pathological laughter, a mental illness that makes mimicry uncontrollable,” the actor explained. The incredibly unfunny disease causes involuntary laughter or crying, usually separate from any kind of conventional trigger.
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