Joaquin Phoenix recalls talks with Christopher Nolan about playing Joker inThe Dark Knight: 'I wasn’t ready then'
Phoenix is only now revealing he was initially considered for the iconic part that went to Heath Ledger. But he recently revealed on Rick Rubin’sTetragrammatonpodcast that he “talked to Chris Nolan aboutThe Dark Knight” too. “That didn’t… wasn’t going to happen for a number of reasons. Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Joker’; Heath Ledger in ‘The Dark Knight’.warner bros. (2) I wasn’t ready then. That’s one of those things,” Phoenix reflected. “Why am I not doing this project?...