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Todd Haynes’ Gay Romance Producer Defends Working With “Straight Actor” Amid Joaquin Phoenix Exit


After Joaquin Phoenix's abrupt exit from Todd Haynes' gay romance resulted in the film's unraveling, one of its producers is addressing the fallout.

She has also produced such films as Stonewall(1995), Kids(1995), I Shot Andy Warhol(1996), Boys Don’t Cry(1999), Hedwig and the Angry Inch(2001), Camp(2003) and Party Monster(2003). Phoenix reportedly stormed off the set of Haynes’ movie two weeks ago in Guadalajara, Mexico, and producers have since been trying to put the project back together before the production completely died. The movie was set to star Phoenix and Danny Ramirez( Top Gun: Maverick) as two men in the 1930s who develop an intense romantic relationship and leave Los Angeles for Mexico.

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