Anyone walking the streets of lower Manhattan on Saturday may have noticed a small commotion at City Hall as hundreds surrounded police officers escorting a mysterious figure down the steps. On closer inspection, this apparent criminal mastermind seems familiar.
No, it’s not Donald Trump – although ironically, there’s been a media circus in the same place all week as the public waits for Trump to be at The ongoing “hush money” case. As it turns out, it involved another saga of (alleged) betrayal and deceit. The booing crowd were all extras from Joker: Folie à Deux, and Lady Gaga, in the center, showed her full-body Harley Quinn character for the first time.
Stars opposite Joaquin Phoenix in the sequel to Todd Phillips’ Oscar-nominated box-office blockbuster The Joker tells the origin story of one of Batman’s greatest enemies, and Gaga seems to be completely in the zone, becoming Phoenix’s henchman and lover. (Anyone who has followed Gaga’s acting career knows that when it comes to diving into a new role, she’s nothing without commitment.) NBC News reports that the film crew has enlisted 700 Extras play protesters and plan to blow up; in the photoshoot, the crowd boos and yells as Gaga appears to be escorted to the courthouse, turning and throwing fists at them angrily.
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