Joaquin Phoenix is ready to put the make up back on and become the joker.
The Academy Award winner is reprising his role as Arthur Fleck (a.k.a. Joker) and Todd Phillip captured the first day of filming.
“Day 1. Our boy. #joker,” Phillips, 51, captioned the image, which shows Phoenix’s shirtless Fleck getting a shave with his head tilted back over a sink at Arkham Asylum.
Phoenix teased a potential sequel last October after Phillips was in talks to helm a follow-up to the film that grossed more than $1 billion worldwide.
“I mean, I dunno. From when we were shooting, we started to — you know, uhh, this is an interesting guy,” Phoenix told The Playlist. “There are some things we could do with this guy and could [explore] further. But as to whether we actually will? I don’t know.”