Hollywood A-lister Joaquin Phoenix recently walked out of an interview after he was asked a question that whether the new Joker movie would provoke people to be more violent or not. In his response, Phoenix said that why was a question even asked before storming out of the interview.

The 'Joker' walks out

According to reports, Joaquin left the interview for about an hour before coming back in and stating that he panicked because he was not aware that such a question would be asked. It was also reported that the Hollywood star dodged the question till the end of the interview.

The director of the movie, Todd Phillips, stated how the actor would leave in the middle of shooting a scene. He further added that the 44-year-old actor lost self-control on while he was on set. He also said that Joaquin's fellow actors on set felt that it was because of them that he used to walk out but they did not understand the fact that it was him who was not feeling good from the inside. 

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Two of the scenes have been deemed to be violent. The first is when the Joker shoots his colleague at point-blank range. The other is when chaos ensues amongst his supporters. 

It needs to feel 'real'

Phoenix stated that everyone wants a scene to feel a bit real in a movie. He further added that in a lot of feature films people don't get affected when more than 40000 people are killed as they are numb to what is going on in the scene but everything that takes place in Joker in terms of violence, one can feel it. 

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From the time Joker premiered at the Venice Film Festival, a lot of film critics have wondered whether the film would promote violence in a way similar to that of the 1976 release Taxi Driver and a movie released in the year 1971 by the name of A Clockwork Orange.

In Joker, Joaquin Phoenix plays the character of Arthur Fleck, a lonely man with an unsuccessful career in comedy who lives with his sick mother. The movie shows how the character eventually became Batman's enemy.

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