Film buffs have even had to queue before being able to snap photos of themselves recreating the character’s pose that appears on the poster of the Todd Phillips-directed blockbuster.
Before “Joker” hit theaters in early October, the 132 steps between Shakespeare Avenue and Anderson Avenue were about as far away from the tourist trail in New York as you could get. In the film, Phoenix dances down the steps – with a backdrop of streetlights and classic New York fire escapes – after transforming himself into the Batman villain.
“It’s my neighborhood and I have to do what I can to defend it,” he told AFP, saying it was a “shock” that his area was suddenly under the microscope.
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