Has Joaquin Phoenix retired?

by Matt Holmes

E! have posted a very strange video interview with two time Academy Award nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix, who says, extremely deadpan that he has quit acting to follow his music passion. He's done with movies apparently. The whole interview feels extremely staged but we've always know Phoenix to be a serious guy, he's not one to goof around like this. Watch the video and you decide. Real or fake announcement? Now ever since his amazing portrayal of Johnny Cash in WALK THE LINE, an amazing step up for him as a performer... I've been shocked at how his career has gone forward. Roles in two very ordinary drama's WE OWN THE NIGHT and RESERVATION ROAD last year, and then TWO LOVERS which is getting NO LOVE from anywhere right now, are hardly the career boost actors usually receive post Academy recognised movies. Phoenix has no other roles upcoming, his agents aren't trying to link him with anything. Maybe he is serious. Maybe he is done. Maybe after playing his idol, Johnny Cash, he has nowhere to go and is sick of the industry? If that's true, we are loosing a great screen actor. But let's hope he is quitting to make himself happy because he sure doesn't look happy in that video! source - chud

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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.