Putting your own unique spin on a character that has already been played on the big screen by acting legends like Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger is no mean feat – but Joaquin Phoenix certainly managed it in Joker.

Folie à Deux, and when I asked about Joaquin Phoenix’s Southern accent while he was representing himself in the courtroom scenes, Phillips said this: That was our idea in the script. We put it in, Scott Silver and I.