Joaquin Phoenix (also) almost slammed the door on Napoleon

The actor has just left Todd Haynes behind and is said to be a regular at it. Hollywood is getting annoyed.

He slammed the door on the new film Todd Haynestwo weeks before the start of filming, and Hollywood is seriously annoyed by the behavior of Joaquin PhoenixTongues are loosened in a paper from the Hollywood Reporter, which reveals that the star of Joker tends to be accustomed to the fact.

In fact, we learn that he almost left the Napoleon of Ridley Scotton the verge of filming, in 2022… before Paul Thomas Anderson does not intervene.

According to THR, Phoenix regularly has doubts and other hesitations before tackling a production. He would thus be ” known ” in Hollywood for his inconsistency, such as when he almost gave up the role of the French Emperor. Joaquin Phoenix reportedly threatened to quit production altogether Napoleon…if the filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson did not come to help rewrite the film.

Anderson is not credited as a screenwriter on the project, so it's unclear whether PTA actually contributed. The director had cast Phoenix in The Master And Inherent ViceThe Hollywood Reporter goes on to explain that the Hollywood production community is furious with the star's behavior and is even reportedly lobbying for Joaquin Phoenix be prosecuted for leaving the project Todd Haynes.

Her “sexually explicit film” was to tell the love story between two men in the 1930s. Joaquin Phoenix had to give the reply to Danny Ramirezbut a week before filming, the actor said he would not do the film… which was therefore abandoned.