Highlights
- Joaquin Phoenix walked out of an interview when the interviewer suggested the Joker inspired violence. Fans supported Phoenix’s decision.
- This wasn’t the first time Phoenix walked out of an interview. He even left the set during certain takes of the film.
- Phoenix’s infamous interview with David Letterman was planned, but Letterman wasn’t aware of it. The chat still has fans talking years later.
When a star walks out of an interview, rest assured it will make the headlines. Some stars walk out during an interview for laughs. That was the case when Ryan Gosling walked out of his Stephen Colbert interview. However, on the flip side, we’ve seen major stars angered by certain questions.
Robert De Niro walked out after he felt like a negative inference was brought up by the reporter, asking a question that had nothing to do with his film.
In the following, we’re going to take a closer look at Joaquin Phoenix’s experience of walking out of an interview. The actor had enough, and decided to exit the chat when a very unnecessary link was made between his film and violence. We’ll take a look back at what went down, and how the fans reacted.
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Joaquin Phoenix Walked Out Of His Interview After The Reporter Suggested The Joker Inspired Violence
We’ve seen Joaquin Phoenix make the headlines throughout his career for memorable interviews. However, this one crossed the line and it wasn’t Phoenix’s fault. Promoting a film can be very tiring, answering questions all day long. A reporter for The Telegraph ended up angering the Joker actor as he walked out of the interview over a question about the movie and promoting real life violence.
The interviewer asked if the Joker, “Might perversely end up inspiring exactly the kind of people it’s about, with potentially tragic results.” It was an unfortunate question, as Phoenix should’ve been celebrated instead for his role in the film. The actor answers, “Why would you…” and proceeded to get up and exit the interview.
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Joaquin Phoenix revealed that his diet for The Joker was the hardest part of preparing for this role.
Luckily for the reporter, Warner Bros convinced Phoenix to return and fulfill his obligation. In truth, it wasn’t the first time the actor had made headlines for walking out. Even during the film, director Todd Philips worried Joaquin would leave the set during certain takes.
“In the middle of the scene, he’ll just walk away and walk out. And the poor other actor thinks it’s them and it was never them — it was always him, and he just wasn’t feeling it.”
Despite the controversy, Phoenix received universal praise for his role in the film. In addition, fans had the actor’s back during the walk given the unnecessary link made by the interviewer.
Fans Had Joaquin Phoenix’s Back For Walking Out Of The Interview
Over on YouTube, People reported about the moment, and it generated lots of comments from the fans. The general thought from the fans was that the association of films and violence is an outdated one and usually, it all stems from a reporter trying to be known with a bold question.
One fan wrote, “The media really needs to give up on the whole “art is the reason people do bad things” tirade. Its getting old and nobody’s buying it.”
“Good for him. The reporter had obviously never heard of Joaquin before or if he did, he thought he’ll come across as brave and cool by being disrespectful for Joaquin’s work as an actor and his morality as a human being. If I ever, ever have the honor of meeting Mr Phoenix I would thank him for everything, ask him questions that will respect him and shut up as he gives me the answer. I hope the interviewer will become a national joke because he doesn’t give a s***about film and he just proved it in this conversation,” another fan writes in the comments.
Todd Phillips Started To Panic When Joaquin Phoenix Was Still At 180-Pounds Just Three Months Before The Joker Shoot
Joaquin Phoenix felt no stress about his weight despite the fact that he needed to get to 125-pounds for The Joker in just three months.
“There were actually 2 World Wars before scary/gory movies were made.” a fan hilariously points out.
Credit to Phoenix for his reaction. However, it was far from the only time one of his interview moments made the headlines.
Joaquin Phoenix Had Other Problematic Interviews, Including His Awkward Conversation With David Letterman
Joaquin Phoenix had some interesting interviews, but fans will always look back on his bizarre chat with David Letterman back in 2008. During the convo, Phoenix seemed to be extremely confused and dazed. Fans were concerned about the actor and his well-being.
However, years later, Phoenix finally talked about that infamous Letterman interview. According to the actor, it was indeed planned, but the host wasn’t in on it.
Phoenix revealed, “David Letterman was not in on the joke. My agents, my publicist Sue Patricola—she’s really good in the movie because she seems so concerned, right?—they were all in on it, of course. But look, David Letterman is one of the smartest guys on television. There’s no way that guy doesn’t know what’s going on in some way. That’s what I’ll say about it.”
Looking back at some of the most memorable interviews on the Late Show, this chat will certainly always be brought up, and one that still has the fans talking all these years later.
Source: NewsFinale
