The problem with such an elaborate stunt as I’m Still Here is that you run the risk of people just not really paying much that attention to The Big Reveal. If Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck’s ultimate message was some kind of commentary on how we devour celebrity meltdowns … well, the danger is that it gets lost in the shuffle of actual celebrity meltdowns.
Such appears to be the case with at least one of Joaquin Phoenix’s rumored roles. He was reportedly up for the role of Clyde Tolson, the close confidant and possible lover of J. Edgar Hoover in Clint Eastwood’s biopic, Hoover.
But Reuters asked Eastwood about Phoenix’s casting, and Eastwood’s response was pretty damn funny: “”No. I don’t know where that came from . . .didn’t he become a rapper?”
In other words, Eastwood ain’t got time to keep up with your shenanigans, Phoenix! He’s 80 years old, he has movies to make, and you can just get off his lawn.
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That's funny. Good one, Rappe. Sad too though, seems like a pointless waste of time and talent, what were Phoenix and Casey thinking?
The problem was that it was too late. If the film had come out, say, right around the time he appeared on Letterman, it would have been a big thing. But at this point in time everyone's written off Phoenix and when it turns out that, surprise, it was all an elaborate hoax, everyone stopped caring. And to think of all the nominations he could have earned while he was busy rapping and looking like Tom Hanks in Castaway (only less sane)
Love that pic of Eastwood. Looks like he's saying "This is how much of a shit I'd give if I actually bothered to give a shit."
Love that pic of Eastwood. Looks like he's saying "This is how much of a shit I'd give if I actually bothered to give a shit."
Loved this article. Short. Sweet. Funny as hell.
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