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Joaquin Phoenix Declines to Address Sudden Exit from Todd Haynes' Gay Romance: Speaking Out Wouldn't 'Be Right'

At a Venice Film Festival press conference, Joaquin Phoenix declined to address his controversial departure from Todd Haynes' upcoming gay romance movie

However, Phoenix never made it south of the U.S. border and pulled out of the film a few days prior while he was in Los Angeles, per IndieWire. Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie à Deux(2024).Lady Gaga/Instagram Phoenix is currently in attendance at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of the DC Comics adaptation Joker: Folie à Deux, which co-stars Lady Gaga and has its premiere later on Wednesday. Joker: Folie à Deux is directed once again by Todd Phillips and follows the aftermath of the first film, with Phoenix’s character locked up in Arkham Asylum for his criminal actions.

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