Robert De Niro has confirmed that there is a connection between Joker and Martin Scorsese’s 1982 movie The King of Comedy.
While Robert De Niro isn’t playing Rupert Pupkin again, he says that he would have been interested in making the direct The King of Comedy connection, had Todd Phillips and the producers made the suggestion to him on the set.
Eagle-eyed cinema fans were able to spot that Joaquin Phoenix is wearing the same jacket that Robert De Niro’s Rupert Pupkin character wears in The King Comedy.
The interview with Robert De Niro was originally conducted by Indie Wire.