An MCU star crossed the aisle to heap praise on DC's Joker recently when Watch Avengers: Endgame's Josh Brolin -- who played the universe-balancing Thanos (and cable in the Deadpool X-verse) -- wrote a poignant post in Instagram after watching Joaquin Phoenix's performance.
"To appreciate 'Joker' I believe you have to have either gone through something traumatic in your lifetime...or understand somewhere in your psyche what true compassion is...," Brolin stated, lauding the film for making people "want an answer and a solution to the violence and mental health issues that have spun out of control around us." You can check out Brolin's post here, as well as read some of his words below.
To appreciate “Joker” I believe you have to have either gone through something traumatic in your lifetime (and I believe most of us have) or understand somewhere in your psyche what true compassion is (which usually comes from having gone through something traumatic, unfortunately). An example of dangerous compassion would be to, say, make a film made about the fragility of the human psyche, and make it so raw, so brutal, so balletic that by the time you leave the theatre you not only don’t want to hurt anything but you desperately want an answer and a solution to the violence and mental health issues that have spun out of control around us.
