VIDEO: ‘Joker’ Star Joaquin Phoenix Gets Arrested At Washington D.C. Climate Protest

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Joker star Joaquin Phoenix was arrested at the climate change protest held at Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.

Today, Joker star Joaquin Phoenix was one of many who attended Jane Fonda’s final “Fire Drill Fridays” climate change protest at Washington D.C.’s Capitol Hill. Now, The Washington Post reports that Joaquin Phoenix was taken into custody by the capitol police, with footage of the Joker star’s arrest now circulating online.

Joaquin Phoenix has always been an advocate for the protecting planet and even used his Golden Globe win for Joker to speak on the urgent matter. During his acceptance speech, the Joker star urged Hollywood to take responsibility in protecting the planet.

You can check out photos and footage of Joaquin Phoenix’s arrest below!

Here is the official synopsis for Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker:

Director Todd Phillips “Joker” centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone fictional story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fracturedsociety. A clown-for-hire by day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night…but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty character study.

Directed by Todd Phillips from a script he co-wrote with Scott Silver, Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Douglas Hodge, Marc Maron, Josh Pais, and Shea Whigham.

Joker is now playing in theaters!

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Sebastian Peris

Sebastian Peris

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