Filming Joker may not be an experience Robert De Niro and Joaquin Phoenix look back on fondly … at least when it comes to the dynamic between them. The actors clashed on the set of the 2019 film ...

Released around the same time that “Joker” takes place, “The King of Comedy” stars De Niro as psychopathic comic Rupert Pupkin, a man obsessed with a popular TV host (Jerry Lewis).

(L-r) ROBERT DE NIRO as Murray Franklin and JOAQUIN PHOENIX as Joker in Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and BRON Creative’s “JOKER,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

As for de Niro, his Rupert is an answer to his characters from both Taxi Driver and Raging Bull: Travis Bickle, an unhinged stalker who becomes obsessed with a famous politician, and Jake LaMotta ...

Robert De Niro is stepping into his first comic book movie, joining Joaquin Phoenix in "Joker," the standalone film about the DC Comics archvillain. De Niro, 74, is in talks to play a role in the ...

Robert De Niro apparently didn’t come to the “Joker” set completely off-book. While talking with Jason Ritter on Maron’s podcast “WTF,” the comedian and host recounted his days on set ...

De Niro previously teased to IndieWire that “Joker” shares a connection with “The King of Comedy,” although he said he’s not necessarily playing the character of Rupert Pupkin over again.

Robert De Niro is in talks to join Joaquin Phoenix in Warner Bros and Village Roadshow’s upcoming DC film “Joker,” a person with knowledge of the negotiations told TheWrap.

Scorsese's film and De Niro's performance as delusional stand-up Rupert Pupkin were major inspirations for Todd Phillips' billion-dollar hit Joker (2019), which pays further homage by casting De ...

De Niro also explained how the de-aging technology in "The Irishman" freed him up as a performer.

Robert De Niro is ready to do his first comic book movie.. The veteran actor is in negotiations to join Joaquin Phoenix in Warner Bros.’ upcoming Joker stand-alone movie from The Hangover helmer ...