Brian Tyree Henry recently talked about his involvement with Todd Philips’ Joker and what to expect from the upcoming film.
Atlanta star Brian Tyree Henry has become a bigger name in Hollywood. Henry originally garnered acclaim on the small screen with his portrayal of Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles on the FX series Atlanta and has worked his way up into starring in huge comic book films like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. In that film, Henry voiced Miles Morales’ father, Jefferson Davis.
However, Brian Tyree Henry recently made the switch from Marvel to DC with his role in the upcoming Todd Phillips movie Joker. Not much is known about the film other than the fact that it will be set in the 1980s and focus on the origin story of the iconic Batman villain. The film has been shot and is currently in post-production, but we don’t know much about what fans can expect from the story. However, it seems Brian Tyree Henry may have just given us our first big plot reveal.
While talking about Joker with Observer, Brian Tyree Henry went into what the film is going to focus on and how it affects Joaquin Phoenix’s Clown Prince of Crime. Here’s what he told the site:
“The film really goes into just the origin story villains are never born that way, they’re made. There’s something that happens in their lives that they give up their faith in humanity; they see the flaws of humanity and mankind and feel like they must correct it. And what happens with ‘Joker’ is you start to see how he really was a happy person. He really was trying to find this hope in humanity until it broke him down and he just had to give up and reshape it.”
Henry then went on to reveal more about Joker and specifically the key relationship at the center of the film.
There’s going to be a connection [made] about a boy and his mother, that is another thing that you’re going to see — that he was capable of love at some point. But, at the end of the day, I think it’s all about how he was made that way, how he didn’t start being that kind of person.
The film’s story was said to heavily rely on the Joker’s interaction with the people around him. Ultimately, it seems that the Joker’s mom may play a huge role in the film and her potential death may be what drives the Joker crazy.
While we still have no clue who Brian Tyree Henry is playing, it is doubtful that he will be anyone from the comics. It seems Joker is going to be a big departure from the comics with the film seemingly giving fans a full origin of the Clown Prince of Crime. The idea of a Joker origin has been touched on in comics like The Killing Joke, but currently, there is no definitive backstory for the character.
As it stands, we still know very little about the film, and all of the updates we have been given could completely change by the time the movie comes out. Fans can expect Joker to hit theaters October 4, 2019
Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Marc Maron, Brett Cullen, Bryan Callen, and Robert De Niro.
Source: Observer
