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Todd Haynes Speaks Out on Joaquin Phoenix Dropping Out of His Gay Romance Movie: It Was ‘Tough’ but the ‘Script May Resurrect in a Different Form’

Todd Haynes has broken his silence about his Joaquin Phoenix-led gay romance that fell apart just five days before filming.

The gay love story apparently followed a corrupt cop and his younger lover as they fled 1930s Los Angeles for Mexico, with Phoenix set to star alongside Danny Ramirez. In fact, Phoenix had originated the idea, bringing the project to Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and developing the screenplay with Haynes and Jon Raymond. Since the film fell apart in August, Phoenix declined to comment while at a Venice press conference, saying his opinion would not be “helpful” because “he other creatives aren’t here to say their piece and it just doesn’t feel like that would be right,” while producer Christine Vachon was considerably more candid when she discussed the ill-fated project from San Sebastián.

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