Brendan Gleeson Reveals Why He Joined Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux [Exclusive]

While sitting down with the stars of Martin McDonagh’s upcoming black comedy The Banshees of Inisherin, Collider’s editor-in-chief Steve Weintraub was able to bring up one of Brendan Gleeson’s other future projects. Between talks of the Irish Civil War and Banshees’ ensemble cast, we were curious to know how writer-director Todd Phillips’ follow-up to his Oscar-winning film Joker got on Gleeson’s radar. What was it about the sequel that stood out to him? A little over a month ago, it was reported that the In Bruges star had been cast alongside Oscar-winners Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in Phillips’ sequel Joker: Folie à Deux. The psychological musical reunites Gleeson with fellow co-star Phoenix for the first time since they worked together on M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village in 2004. At this time, the plot and character details for Folie à Deux are still being kept under wraps, so it’s unclear who Gleeson will be portraying within this alternate Gotham un