This Is No Joke - Joaquin Phoenix Could Have Been Batman if Darren Aronofsky Had His Way

Joaquin Phoenix turned in a stunning lead performance in last year’s “Joker” that landed him the best actor Oscar, but in a different world (hopefully there’s no COVID-19 in that one), the environmentalist vegan could have been the Caped Crusader instead. In an interview with Empire magazine, “Mother” and “Black Swan” director Darren Aronofsky said that his vision for a new take on Batman would have involved Phoenix, not Christian Bale, “The Batman that was out before me was �...