Minus Green Hair, Pasty Face and Scary Grin (Photo) Director Todd Phillips gives fans a first look at Phoenix in the “gritty” origin film. Getty. Rosemary Rossi. September 16, 2018 @ 2:11 PM.

Director Todd Phillips shared the first look of Joaquin Phoenix as The Joker, or as Phillips calls him, “Arthur”: the Clown Prince of Crime’s real name is Arthur Fleck in this incarnation.