{"id":49288,"date":"2024-04-10T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2022764"},"modified":"2024-04-10T14:21:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T12:21:21","slug":"steve-coogan-fans-flabbergasted-by-his-surprise-joker-2-role","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/steve-coogan-fans-flabbergasted-by-his-surprise-joker-2-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Coogan fans flabbergasted by his surprise Joker 2 role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The comedian and actor made a surprise appearance in the trailer. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 10 April 2024 at 11:10 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first official trailer for Joker 2 has left fans flabbergasted due to a surprise cameo appearance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Starring <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/joker-2-release-date\/\">Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux<\/a> is a follow-up to the Oscar-winning 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tag\/dc-comics\/\">DC<\/a> film, and is heavily rumoured to be a musical \u2013 a theory that has only gained further support thanks to Gaga\u2019s involvement as Quinn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/scifi\/joker-2-trailer-folie-a-deux-newsupdate\/\">The 30-second clip<\/a> gives fans a look at the pair in action <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as they begin their reign of terror in Gotham City \u2013\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and features some seriously creepy moments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But it\u2019s the appearance of Steve Coogan in a key role that really gave fans a shock. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While it\u2019s unclear who Coogan is playing, the footage shows his character questioning the Joker.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steve Coogan being in the Joker 2 trailer for 2 seconds is the strongest case for the film I\u2019ve seen. Imagine what would happen if Alan Partridge met The Joker\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pDAYWpstGW\">pic.twitter.com\/pDAYWpstGW<\/a><\/p>\u2014 mr. \u201cjust joined a new forum\u201d (@Papapishu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Papapishu\/status\/1777893767208415249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>One fan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Papapishu\/status\/1777893767208415249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter, which was recently rebranded as X: \u201cSteve Coogan being in the Joker 2 trailer for 2 seconds is the strongest case for the film I\u2019ve seen. Imagine what would happen if Alan Partridge met The Joker\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div id=\"id__pefls1d9wfp\" class=\"css-175oi2r r-9aw3ui r-1s2bzr4\" aria-labelledby=\"id__squpcluivmq id__wzgpjyvhj3q\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-9aw3ui\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1ets6dv r-1phboty r-rs99b7 r-1867qdf r-1udh08x r-o7ynqc r-6416eg r-1ny4l3l\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-16y2uox r-1pi2tsx r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1adg3ll r-1udh08x\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1s2bzr4\">\n<div id=\"id__yj9toihvrom\" class=\"css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-16dba41 r-bnwqim r-135wba7\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\">\n<p><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/st_ua_rt\/status\/1777947312658022690\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>, \u201cI can\u2019t believe we live in a world where Steve Coogan and Lady Gaga are in a film together,\u201d while a<\/span><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">\u00a0third <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BadmanBegins\/status\/1777879692952903875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">added<\/a>, \u201cCompletely taken out by the sudden appearance of Steve Coogan in the <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#JokerFolieADeux<\/span><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> trailer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can\u2019t believe we live in a world where Steve Coogan and Lady Gaga are in a film together. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E94GgHYiMf\">https:\/\/t.co\/E94GgHYiMf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tEU5Lbpexn\">pic.twitter.com\/tEU5Lbpexn<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Stuart (@st_ua_rt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/st_ua_rt\/status\/1777947312658022690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>While plot details remain largely under wraps, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/joker-2-musical-cover-songs-original-tracks-1235949284\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Variety<\/a> previously reported that the movie will be \u201cmostly a jukebox musical\u201d, and will feature at least 15 reinterpretations of \u201cvery well-known\u201d songs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are strong hints at the film\u2019s musical nature in the trailer, with Gaga and Phoenix shown dancing and singing through the streets, as well as performing together on stage to devoted fans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The footage begins with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arthur Fleck and Harley Quinn meeting in Arkham Asylum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But instead of Harley being the Joker\u2019s psychiatrist, as she is in the comics, she seems to be a fellow inmate. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m nobody. I haven\u2019t done anything with my life like you have,\u201d she tells him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the end of the footage, Gaga\u2019s character visits the Joker in prison. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I want to see the real you,\u201d she says, before drawing a red Joker-style smile on the glass partition between them using her lipstick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alongside Phoenix and Gaga, the film also stars Zazie Beetz, Catherine Keener, Harry Lawtey and Brendan Gleeson.<\/span><\/p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-direction: alternate; width:100%; } .gvtext1 { animation-name: gvtext1; } .gvtext2 { animation-name: gvtext2; 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