Todd Phillips, the director of Joker: Folie à Deux, has made a surprising revelation about the true identity of the lead character, played by Joaquin Phoenix.
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At the end of the film, Fleck casts aside his Joker identity and returns to prison.
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Warning: The rest of this article contains spoilers for Joker: Folie à Deux.
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In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Phillips said that Fleck was never really the Joker.