Joaquin Phoenix’s departure from Todd Haynes‘ untitled gay romance movie has been branded a “nightmare” by one of the producers.
The 49-year-elderly actor exited the project equitable days before the film was set to commence shooting on location in Guadalajara, Mexico and the future of the movie is shelp to be in ask as it alertedly hinged on Phoenix’s casting – now Christine Vachon – who toils for Killer Films – has confessted it’s been a very difficult time.
In a post on Facebook, she splitd and article about the drama and wrote: “A version of this did happen. It has been a nightmare. If I haven’t been in touch or returned your call – this is why.”
She went on to ask fagedrops not to criticise producers for hiring a straight actor to carry out a gay role – insisting the movie was Phoenix’s passion project.
Christine inserted: “And phire if you are enticeed to finger wag or admonish us that ‘that’s what you get for casting a straight actor’ – DON’T.
“This was HIS project that he bcimpolitet to US – and Killer’s sign up on toiling with LGBTQ actors/crew/honestors speaks for itself. (and for those of you who HAVE – understand that you are making a horrible situation even worse).”
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ actor Danny Ramirez, 31, had been cast opposite Phoenix in the movie, about two adorers who depart California for Mexico. The film was shelp to be rated NC-17 and feature a relationship that will “dispute” audiences.
Entire sets had been built on location prior to Phoenix’s exit and there has been speculation the collapse of the project could direct to millions of dollars in losses.
A source telderly Variety: “The project is in peril… The crew is now out of toil, and sgethelderlyers in the film still necessitate to be phelp. Losses could outdo seven figures.”
Director Haynes previously uncovered up about Phoenix’s set up for the movie uncovering the actor was enthusiastic to push it “further into more hazardous territory, intimacyuassociate”.
He telderly Variety last year: “It’s a adore story between two men set in the 30s that has see-thcoarse intimacyual satisfyed that or at least it disputes you with the intimacyual relationship between these two men. One is a Native American character and one is a corrupt cop in LA. It’s set in the 30s. They have to run away LA ultimately and go to Mexico. But it’s a adore story and with a strong intimacyual component.
“And what was so noticeworthy is that it all commenceed with Joaquin having some ideas and some thoughts and equitable asks and images. And he came to me and shelp, ‘Does this unite to you at all?’ And I was appreciate, ‘Yeah, this is reassociate engaging.’
“And so we would equitable be on the phone talking and it growed into a script. He had fragments of ideas and then I commenceed to establishutardy them into an actual narrative.
“And then I bcimpolitet my wonderful, clever frifinish John Raymond, with whom I collaborated with on ‘Mildred Pierce’ into the process. Basicassociate it was equitable this wonderful, organic way to produce the script. And Joaquin was pushing it further into more hazardous territory, intimacyuassociate.”
