Update: August 29, 2018
Alec Baldwin Drops Out of Warner Bros.' JOKER Origin Movie Due to "Scheduling Issues"
Alec Baldwin says he has dropped out of
Joker, the standalone featuring the DC villain that is starring Joaquin Phoenix
. "I'm no longer doing that movie," Baldwin told
USA Today.
On Monday,
news broke that Baldwin was in talks to play Thomas Wayne in Todd Phillips' Joker standalone movie.
In comic book lore, Thomas Wayne is a physician, philanthropist and father to Bruce Wayne (the future Batman). Sources told
The Hollywood Reporter Monday that in a departure from the comics, the
Joker script called for Thomas Wayne to be a cheesy and tanned businessman who is more in the mold of a 1980s Donald Trump.
Baldwin is citing "scheduling issues" as his reason for dropping out. But Wednesday he also addressed the new take on Wayne.
Baldwin, who recently earned a second Emmy nomination for playing Trump on
Saturday Night Live,
tweeted Wednesday that he had not "been hired to play a role in Todd Phillips’ JOKER as some Donald Trump manque. That is not happening."
Phoenix is playing the Joker, while other stars include Robert De Niro,
Deadpool 2 breakout Zazie Beetz and
Glow actor Marc Maron. The film is set to begin shooting in two weeks. Warner Bros. is due to open
Joker on Oct. 4, 2019.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...vie-says-he-wont-play-trump-like-role-1138384