Considered one of today’s great actors, Joaquin Phoenix Things haven’t been going too well for him since he won the Oscar for joker. A role that marked the consecration of a career full of incredible characters under the orders of some of the the best filmmakers of the seventh art. From Gus Van Sant, through Woody Allen, to Paul Thomas Anderson. However, since then, many people think that since he gave life to the criminal clown, Phoenix begins to “do it yourself” within their productions. A progressive decline added to a renowned as a conflicting performer which it has acquired in recent months.
The turning point came when, overnight, the actor decided leave after five days from the start of filming, Todd Haynes’ latest film. This caused the filmmaker and his technical and creative team to lose millions of dollars, abruptly canceling any possibility of reorienting the project. As far as we know, the project was a gay drama that was going to have a rated R and explicit sex scenes. An age classification that, on the other hand, the star herself would have requested to accept the role. But at the last moment and without giving any explanation decided to leave the set. However, Haynes isn’t the only director Joaquin Phoenix has left out, something he just confirmed. James McAvoy in his last interview.
He dumped M. Night Shyamalan
While promoting the recent premiere of Don’t talk to strangersThe British have responded to one of the rumors that have always surrounded the production of Multiple. M. Night Shyamalan’s film starring McAvoy that surprisingly ended up connecting with The protégéone of the filmmaker’s previous productions. Since the premiere, it had been mentioned that the first choice to play this villain was Joaquin Phoenix himself. But now, whatever the young version of Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class, revealed the challenge of immersing himself in the complexity of the protagonist, when, also by surprise, his predecessor abandoned the feature film 14 days before the start of filming.
But McAvoy did not use this example to criticize his colleague, but to express the pressure he felt at that time in a role where he had to make a titanic effort, since the same character contained 15 different personalities.
“He’s an incredible actor. “I think he would have given a very different performance than I did, but I think he would have given an incredible performance,” he began by saying on the podcast. Happy Sad Confused. Immediately after, he confirmed the short time it took him to agree to join the film in the proposal after Phoenix’s rudeness: “Sometimes, coming at the last moment is the best option. I think he left it two weeks before shooting started. It was really last minute. “I had two weeks.” Although he was already known in the industry, McAvoy’s work in Multiple is remembered as one of the the best of his filmographythanks to the risky and rewarding game that the actor had to build step by step, all personalities housed in his character. Despite the risk given the short preparation time, the Golden Globe nominee explained that he accepted the challenge because of the quality of the script prepared by Shyamalan:
“The script was well-crafted, so for the most part it was pretty clear from the beginning what I wanted to do. There were a few characters that took me a little longer to find. Patricia came in really quickly, Dennis came in really quickly. Hedwig took a while. “It wasn’t until the table read, so I was really nervous.”
The Problems with Joaquin Phoenix
Accusing Joaquin Phoenix of being a “abandon the projects” be excessive, given that we only know these two cases as non-professional examples compared to their peers. But an aura of conflict actor develops around his figure. Characteristic that other profiles such as Marlon Brando or Christian Bale.
In Phoenix’s case, his involvement on the sets takes on a perhaps excessive aspect, forcing the rest of the production teams to adapt to his magnificence. For example, Ridley Scott has practically changed the whole scenario Napoleon to adjust the role to what the Oscar-winning actor’s performance generated creatively. More recent is Joker: Madness for Twowhere Todd Phillips had to do the same, rewriting several scenes from scratch based on ideas he had on the fly.
We may see Phoenix as Arthur Fleck again next time. October 4th.
