This Joker 2 Trailer Scene Has Everyone Losing It

Aside from the hint at Arthur Fleck’s Joker face paint, the small moment he shares with Harley Quinn at the end of the «Joker: Folie à Deux» trailer says a lot about each of them and their connection. Arthur spends much of the previous film seeking acceptance. From his peers, his mother (Frances Conroy), his neighbor, Sophia Dumond (Zazie Beetz), and society at large, he yearns for admiration and love. At long last, he seems to have found all of that in Harley. He sits up straighter and smiles when she speaks to him and asks him to embrace his Joker identity, showing a more vulnerable and human side than he does with most.

As for Harley, this scene speaks to just how head-over-heels she is for Arthur. She understands that the Joker isn’t a mere character for him. When he paints his face, he becomes his true self, and she doesn’t want him to hide it, especially not around her. Elsewhere in the trailer, she too dons makeup of her own, likely embracing a new, twisted persona akin to his. All in all, Arthur has done terrible things and will likely do more with Harley, who seems eager to cause havoc in her own right. Thus, sweet moments like this and their overall love story have a sinister side, as one would expect for this new take on the iconic and chaotic DC Comics couple.

Moviegoers can watch Arthur and Harley’s relationship flourish and see which of the biggest «Joker: Folie à Deux» fan theories come true when the film waltzes into theaters on October 4.