Joker 2 actor roasts his own film as 'the worst that has ever been made'

Comedian Tim Dillon, who starred in Joker: Folie à Deuce, has slammed the sequel as the "worst film ever made" during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

Dillon played an Arkham Asylum guard in the Joker 2 following the success of the original released in 2019 which racked up over $1 billion at the box office. The hotly anticipated Folie à Deuce raked in an underwhelming $200 million in comparison.

During a discussion with Rogan, Dillon candidly shared: "I was in Joker 2, which just came out. It’s the worst film that has ever been made."

When Rogan quipped that he heard the film was "so bad," Dillon reiterated: "It’s actually not 'so bad,' it’s the worst film ever made."

"I think what happened, after the first Joker, there was a lot of like talk like, 'Oh, this was loved by incels. This was loved by the wrong kinds of people and this sent the wrong kind of [message]. Male rage! Nihilism!' You know, all these think pieces," Dillon said. "And then I think, 'What if we went the other way,' and now they have Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga tap dancing, to a point where it’s insane."

Dillon went on to slam the plot itself, suggesting it didn't actually have one.

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"We would sit there, me and these other guys were all dressed in these security outfits because we’re working at the Arkham Asylum, and I would turn to one of them and we’d hear this crap and I’d go, ‘What the f*** is this?’ And they’d go, ‘This is going to bomb, man.’ I go, ‘This is the worst thing I’ve ever seen,'" he continued.

It comes after the film was blasted by critics online with one harshly writing: "Joaquin Phoenix was not The Joker, the real joker was me who decided to watch this."

Another simply wrote: "Joker 2, what a waste of time."

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