Njengamanje, uJoaquin Phoenix ungomunye wabadlali abahamba phambili emhlabeni, kodwa ngaphezu kwamakhono ayo ochwepheshe abavelele, waziwa kabanzi ngohlamvu lwayo olunzima kanye nohlobo lwendlela yokusebenza. Engxoxweni ebanzi nomagazini we-GQ, uPhoenix uthe ngesikhathi sokuhlunga 'kwejoker "waba nethuba lokuthola nomunye umlingisi omkhulu omelwe nguRobert de Niro. Imbangela yengxabano yayiwukungabaza kwePhoenix iya ekufundweni kokuqala kweskripthi. Akuyithandi. UDe Niro, owaphendukela kumqondisi uThillips ngamazwi anjalo:
Mtshele [Phoenix] ukuthi ungumlingisi futhi udinga ukuba sendaweni ... ngifuna ukuzwa le filimu ngokuphelele, ngakho-ke sonke sizohlangana egumbini elilodwa futhi sifunde nje iskripthi.
I-phoenix yaphendula lokhu:
Damn nge amabili, ngeke ngibambe iqhaza ku-tweet.
Njengoba ubona, umsekeli wendlela yakudala yeDe Niro kude akazange asebenze nePhoenix yokuqala, kodwa ngenxa yalokho, abadlali basaqala ukuyekethisa. UPhoenix wathi wavuma ukubamba i-titter ehhovisi laseDe Niro. Kuliqiniso, ngesikhathi salo mcimbi, uPhoenix wayesengazizwa epuletini lakhe, angasho, kodwa kunalokho athuke imifanekiso yakhe. Ngemuva kwalokho, uDe Niro umeme iPhoenix engxoxweni yangasese, kepha wenqaba. Ngasikhathi sinye, uPhoenix waphawula ukuthi wayengumlandeli omkhulu womlingani wakhe ophezulu selokhu afaka inkanyezi ku- "Beshen Bull" Martin Scorsese.
Indima yesihloko ku- "Joker" yaletha i-Phoenix Mass of Awards ngamunye, kufaka phakathi i-Oscar ekuphakanyisweni kwendima ethi "Best Male Indima." NgoDe Niro, wanikezwa lo mklomelo ohlonishwayo kabili - ukuba neqhaza eliholayo ku- "Beshen Bull" (1981), kanye neqhaza lecebo lesibili ku- "Cross ubaba 2" (1975).