Comment on Joaquin Phoenix’s sudden exit from film sparks ‘huge outrage’ in Hollywood
Emperor@feddit.uk 3 months agoMy guess is that it’s because this is his project - he originally brought the idea to the director and they worked it up into a script from there. So Phoenix probably has a lot of paperwork saying he can’t be replaced and the distributors that have bought it likely have contracts that would prevent a bait-and-switch change of lead after they’ve paid for the rights.
GammaGames@beehaw.org 3 months ago
I didn’t realize it was his, that would make sense! Now I’m even more curious why he would pull out of the project
Emperor@feddit.uk 3 months ago
I think that might all come out.in the lawsuit but the THR report they mention says:
The fact that it contains gay sex scenes has been suggested as a contributing factor too. It might seem a great idea in the planning stages but for someone so method, he might have been struggling to get into the right head-space as the start of filming was looking.
Worth reading this: Joaquin Phoenix’s One-Man Cult of Depressive Method-Acting Vanity. It shows what an unusual space he works in and it seems very… fragile.
maegul@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Hadn’t heard this before, but it’s funny how it immediately explains the energy he always seems to have in a role.