Joker star Joaquin Phoenix says he talked to Christopher Nolan about playing the iconic Batman villain in The Dark Knight: "I wasn't ready then"

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“I wasn’t ready then.

And it’s not about me.

There’s something else.

There’s another person who is going to do something.

Phoenix went on to give some more context too about why it didnt work out.

I can’t remember the context of how we met, but I know we met.

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