Joaquin Phoenix has exited Todd Haynes' untitled movie, where he was going to star as a gay man fleeing to Mexico with his lover. The film is permanently shelved.
Charmaine Patterson is an Associate Editor at PEOPLE. She first began working at PEOPLE in 2021 as a Digital News Writer. Her work has previously appeared on xoNecole,has backed out of Todd Haynes' gay romance just days before it was scheduled to begin filming. Now, the movie has been shelved altogether.
Phoenix was set to star in the untitled film as a man fleeing to Mexico with his lover but pulled out five days ahead of production in Guadalajara, Mexico. He never made it to Mexico and instead exited the project from Los Angeles, per, the outlet was the first to report. Phoenix developed the movie with Haynes and author Jon Raymond. Killer Films was set to produce and MK2 was the sales rep.the actor got “cold feet.
“Joaquin was pushing me further and going ‘No, let’s go further.’ This will be an NC-17 film,” Haynes said to IndieWire at the time, adding, “The whole experience was prompted by Joaquin. It was prompted by his daring, his desire to push through barriers and to really get into the uncomfortable places about this relationship. And yet it felt like a very organic process.”to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
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