the role of his lifetime?

[laurainlimbo]

I've been following the stories for quite awhile about Joaquin Phoenix and his decision to quit acting and become a rap singer. But his bizarre behavior on the David Letterman show last night has me really puzzled. If you haven't already heard, Joaquin went onto Letterman with a full beard, speaking in monosyllables, hardly laughing, chewing gum, and looking very dazed and confused (or perhaps stoned?). I'm wondering if this is for real, or if he's really just giving his "last great performance." I couldn't get the whole interview on You Tube because of copyright issues, but here's about 5 minutes from The Huffington Post:

Clip and story here

So what do you think? Is he completely off his rocker, or is he acting? Apparently he snubbed the media at the recent premiere of his new movie Two Lovers - he asked them to sign some kind of release, and if they didn't, he wouldn't speak to them. But he didn't even speak to a director he worked with. Here's that story: http://omg.yahoo.com/news/talespin-the-saga-of-joaquin-phoenix/18808?nc

What's going on with him??

It makes me really sad to think of him not acting anymore though. He's quite a brilliant actor. Or at least he was!

Comments

[toadflax234.livejournal.com]

I read about that interview - his behaviour sounds bizarre! And I do think it's a shame if he's not going to act any more - I've loved some of his films.

By the way, for your comm, have you ever done sportsmen or women who became actors? I wonder if there are enough? I can think of The Rock, OJ Simpson, Hulk Hogan, Michael Jordan, erm.... Just wondered. :-)

[laurainlimbo.livejournal.com]

that idea is a great one for the daily actor! I think that the Rock was posted a long time ago, but I forgot about OJ and Hulk and others. and there's the other martial arts guys like Van Damme and Steven Seagal. great!!! thanks!!!

[toadflax234.livejournal.com]

Duh! How could I forget about the martial arts guys? Lol. Glad you like the suggestion though.

[laurainlimbo.livejournal.com]

i only wish there were some martial arts gals too - so we could mix it up:)

[toadflax234.livejournal.com]

Hmm.... I'm sure there must be. Can't think of any off the top of my head though.