Jared Leto was not happy about Todd Phillips directing a solo Joker movie with Joaquin Phoenix. When he found out about it, he was apparently so angry and frustrated that he attempted to kill the project and stop it from being made!
According to THR, the actor “complained bitterly to his agents at CAA”, who also represent Todd Phillips, and he asked his music manager, Irving Azoff, to call the head of Warner’s parent company to get the studio to kill the film. The report goes on to say:
A source in Leto’s camp denies that the actor made this request, and Azoff declined to comment, but a person with knowledge of the situation says Azoff never made the call. Azoff and Leto have since parted ways.
Leto was supposed to get his own solo Joker movie as well at one point, but then Phillips and Phoenix came...
According to THR, the actor “complained bitterly to his agents at CAA”, who also represent Todd Phillips, and he asked his music manager, Irving Azoff, to call the head of Warner’s parent company to get the studio to kill the film. The report goes on to say:
A source in Leto’s camp denies that the actor made this request, and Azoff declined to comment, but a person with knowledge of the situation says Azoff never made the call. Azoff and Leto have since parted ways.
Leto was supposed to get his own solo Joker movie as well at one point, but then Phillips and Phoenix came...
- 10/19/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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