Joaquin Phoenix, no doubt a method actor, got into character once more on the set of Joker: Folie à Deux; some of his character’s antics even transitioned into real-life scenarios. Harry Lawtey, in a recent interview with Variety,

Folie à Deux” co-star Harry Lawtey told Variety that the Oscar winner couldn’t stop coughing after doing Arthur’s maniacal chuckle. “To watch him do that laugh and to see the effect on him — on everyone — blew my mind,

Joaquin suggested, as a joke, that we FaceTime my mum and scare her. My mum was in England, so it was quite late, and she was getting ready for bed. And I said, ‘Hello,’ and then I brought the phone up to my face,

"My mum screamed, ran away and woke up my dad," actor Harry Lawtey said of the prank It seems that Joaquin Phoenix lived up to his Joker: Folie à Deux character's name on set. While speaking with Variety about the upcoming comic book movie sequel,

Folie à Deux, recalled the time he and Joaquin Phoenix played a trick on Lawtey’s mom on the movie set. Phoenix stayed in full Joker makeup on set, even when not filming, so Lawtey said the actor played a trick on his unsuspecting mom.