Since winning the 2020 Oscar statuette thanks to joker, Joaquin Phoenix has failed to regain his level as a performer, much less to clean up his public image of conflict actor. And before previewing Joker: Madness for Two At the Venice Film Festival, the abandonment was felt just days after the shooting of the film in which he was going to play for filmmaker Todd Haynes. The project was canceled, generating millionaire losses for those interested and with a Phoenix who did not want to explain the reasons for his shock during the press conference of the Italian contest, because as he said: “the other creatives are not there to share his point of view”. Well, now, a manager of the label that he completely left behind wanted express disappointment with the decision of the performer of Puerto Rican origin.
Unlike Phoenix, executive producer Christine Vachon He didn’t keep his thoughts about the tragedy from what would be Haynes’ new film, explaining in the Creative Investors Conference at the current San Sebastian Film Festival. Accustomed to risky roles, the actor’s decision to retire it was a surprise for the whole team, especially because there was five days for filming to begin. The film was going to have an LGTBI theme and Phoenix himself had fought for the film to be eligible. the R gradethrough explicit sex scenes. However, overnight, he abruptly decided to escape from the film, leaving thrown on all workers. Even if Bachon does not limit himself to criticizing the star, what he really regrets is that the film world has been deprived of a new work by the director of Carole.
Joaquin Phoenix: It’s raining in the rain
This isn’t Joaquin Phoenix’s first stray behavior as a theater professional. After filming Arthur Fleck’s origin story, he had to apologize to Robert De Niro and the crew for his attitude on set when he assumed his role as a method actor and, a few days ago, James McAvoy confirmed that Phoenix had abandoned the filming of Multiple of M. Night Shyamalan at the last minute. Given the attitude presented and the work of a whole series of artistic departments at his disposal, Bachon could have shed blood by publicly explaining the consequences of the actor’s decision Gladiatorbut preferred to focus on not being able to have a new Haynes story.
“The truth is that what happened is visible to everyone. If I had something to say, I would, but I don’t. “It was tragic,” said the producer of past lives. Immediately afterwards, he explained how sad it was for him not to have been able to collaborate with the Oscar nominee and how this unfortunate event deprived the world of having a new cinematic story from Haynes’ privileged imagination:
“The most tragic thing about all this, in my opinion, is that Todd Haynes is 62 years old. He’s not old, but there are only so many films he can make in his lifetime. I consider him one of the most extraordinary filmmakers of his generation. The idea that he wasted his time and that a film is not the result of those years of close collaboration with Joaquín is a tragedy to me and I can’t believe it.
Production was to begin in Guadalajara, Mexico, where the sets had been built. Local crew members would still be owed money after the cancellation. Vachon produced the film with Pamela KofflerThe feature film, which did not yet have an official title, was to star Phoenix and Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick), bringing to life two men in the 1930s who they start a romantic relationshipleaving Los Angeles for Mexico. Haynes had developed the script together Jean-Raymondformer partner with whom I developed the mini-series Mildred Pierce from HBO.
“As a cultural community, we missed the opportunity to see another Todd Haynes film. “It’s simply criminal,” Vachon concluded.
The Future of Todd Haynes
When asked about the director’s future, the producer didn’t know what to say. Todd Haynes had put all his energy into this story after Secrets of a Scandal and for the moment, he has no new projects in sight.
For his part, Joaquin Phoenix will make the premiere Joker: Madness for Two the next one October 4thThe actor must recover from his last two box-office failures; Beau is afraid And Napoleon.
