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The Dark Knight script was sent to Leonardo DiCaprio before Joaquin Phoenix was offered the Joker role
The film's casting director says DiCaprio apparently didn't respond, while Phoenix said he wasn't interested in big movies then.
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A casting director says DiCaprio was sent the script first but apparently didn't respond. Phoenix was then offered the Joker role; he said at the time that he wasn't interested in big movies. Phoenix later won an Oscar for playing the character in 2019's Joker.
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