In a new featurette for Joker: Folie à Deux, director Todd Philips and stars Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoneix discuss Gaga's role in the film. "She easily slipped into that world. It's not like she's trying to be Harley Quinn from the comic books. She's Lee in this world," Phillips shared.

Folie à Deux does have quite a few scenes featuring music, Lady Gaga, who plays Harley Quinn, doesn't think of it as a musical at all.

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Warner Bros. has released a new featurette for Todd Phillips' Joker sequel, this time shining the spotlight on Lady Gaga's "Lee Quinzel."

So, according to the Joker 2 team, their film isn't a musical, but is instead a film where the main characters break into song to describe their feelings when spoken dialogue isn't enough. And also, the characters sing like they would exist in the world of the movie, not on a Broadway stage.

On Wednesday afternoon, Lady Gaga created a shockwave that echoed from the Adriatic across the Atlantic when she revealed at the official Venice press conference for Joker: Folie à Deux that she didn’t necessarily consider the film a musical.

Joker: Folie à Deux has just screened in Venice and, while the review embargo hasn't lifted yet, we do have some early reactions which are every bit as mixed as those for 2019's Joker. Check them

Joker: Folie a Deux star Lady Gaga and director Todd Phillips have revealed the film’s script would sometimes be ripped to shreds and restarted, even during filming.

Joker: Folie a Deux brings back Phoenix as Arthur Fleck/Joker, who is now on trial for murder stemming back to events from the first film. Lady Gaga joins the cast as Harley, while Brendan Gleeson, Steve Coogan, and Catherine Keener also have roles. Zazie Beetz returns from the original Joker movie as well.

Folie á Deux have been revealed. Joker: Folie á Deux will be released nationwide in the United States this coming October. The movie recently premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival earlier this month,

Folie à Deux hit tracking with a $70M+ projection. The studio, similar to what they did with the original 2019 movie, Joker, took the pic to the Venice Film Festival for a world premiere, however, critical reviews came back at 62% fresh.