Is Joaquin the best Joker?

Is Joaquin the best Joker?

Joaquin Phoenix followed in Heath Ledger's footsteps by getting nominated in 2020 for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Joker, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama, as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Leading Actor for the role.

Was Joaquin friends with Heath?

Yes, Heath and Joaquin were friends before Heath's tragic death from a drug overdose in January 2008. They were previously photographed looking happy and laughing at the 12th Annual SAG Awards in January 2006, The 78th Annual Academy Awards in March 2006, and the Vanity Fair Oscars Party that same year.

Who is better Heath Ledger or Joaquin Phoenix?

In the outlet's comprehensive ranking of every Joker, Polygon placed Ledger several spots higher than Phoenix – with Ledger coming in second place behind Mark Hamill, who voiced the Clown Prince of Crime on Batman: The Animated Series, and Phoenix coming in fifth just ahead of Suicide Squad actor Jared Leto.

Who is better the Joker or Joaquin Phoenix?

• As good as Joaquin Phoenix is in Joker, he's still nowhere near as good as Heath Ledger's Clown Prince of Crime in Nolan's The Dark Knight. WARNING: The following contains spoilers for director Todd Phillips' Joker, in theaters now.

Which is better Heath Ledger or Joaquin Phoenix?

• In the outlet's comprehensive ranking of every Joker , Polygon placed Ledger several spots higher than Phoenix – with Ledger coming in second place behind Mark Hamill, who voiced the Clown Prince of Crime on Batman: The Animated Series, and Phoenix coming in fifth just ahead of Suicide Squad actor Jared Leto.

Which is better Joaquin Phoenix or Todd Phillips?

• "Even an actor as gifted as Joaquin Phoenix struggles with this. Todd Phillips' new Joker is a vastly more focused, disciplined undertaking than something like Suicide Squad, with a committed and often mesmerizing performance from Phoenix. Yet it still often feels more like a composite of influences than a real original [...]

Which is better the Joker or Heath Ledger?

• The Joker was raw Chaotic Evil--but made believable. And, for a few moments, with a certain rationality that we could understand. A movie centered on the Joker could never have been made if Ledger hadn't utterly transformed the character in the public consciousness. In a movie that wasn't even about him.