Ridley Scott revealed that he had to play big brother to Phoenix when the actor felt he couldn’t go through with the movie. Ridley Scott is currently on the promotion circuit for his latest epic, Gladiator II. The filmmaker has been hyping throughout the whole production about the grand scale of the film and has … Read more
Joaquin Phoenix had hesitations about his now iconic role in the 2000 historical epic Gladiator, and almost dropped out, according to Ridley Scott. Speaking to The New York Times in a recent interview, Scott was asked about Phoenix’s recent dropping out of Todd Haynes’ movie, and about a rumor that Phoenix had nearly dropped out … Read more
Joaquin Phoenix almost played the Joker in The Dark Knight. The 50-year-old actor was approached by Christopher Nolan to play the Batman villain in the 2008 picture but turned the part – which went to the late Heath Ledger – down as he felt he “wasn’t ready” for such a role at the time. Phoenix told … Read more
Joaquin Phoenix spoke with Christopher Nolan about playing Joker in The Dark Knight, but says he “wasn’t ready then.” During a recent interview on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin, Joaquin Phoenix revealed he was approached to play the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. However, Phoenix didn’t think he was ready to play the role … Read more
James McAvoy says he was a last-minute addition to Split after Joaquin Phoenix dropped out of the movie just before shooting was to begin. James McAvoy did such an incredible job juggling multiple characters in M. Night Shyamalan’s Split that it’s hard to imagine anyone else in the role, but McAvoy was actually a last-minute … Read more
Joker: Folie à Deux is a full-blown musical — but it was almost a full-blown musical on Broadway. That was apparently the original vision that Joaquin Phoenix had for the film. And this is an almost literal vision. As Phoenix told Variety, while he and director Todd Phillips were still working on the original Joker, the star “fell … Read more
Joaquin Phoenix could potentially find himself in legal trouble because of his exit from Todd Haynes’ yet untitled same-sex romance drama film five days before the production was to commence in Guadalajara, Mexico. The acclaimed actor’s decision resulted in a major outrage on social media and beyond. And now it seems that it might have … Read more
Engaged celebrity couple Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara are quite the dynamic duo. While their scrapped project The Island is attempting to recover due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, they also have another project up their sleeves. Phoenix and Mara will make a deal with you- if you watch the environmental documentary The Smell of Money, … Read more
After being reportedly scrapped earlier this year, a new report from World of Reel suggests that director Pawel Pawlikowski is attempting to revive his film The Island. What is the status of The Island? The project — set to star Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara — was supposed to begin filming in May. However, the … Read more
Director Spike Jonze hasn’t directed a feature film since 2013’s Her, but according to a recent report, the director is working on a Netflix series that could feature Joaquin Phoenix. Spike Jonze reportedly working on a sci-fi series Details of the series first popped up in a report from Puck last year, which noted that … Read more