Not True! Joaquin Phoenix Not Playing Poe!
We knew it was too good to be true!
Walk the Line actor turned bearded rapper/performance artist/whatever the eff that was last spring Joaquin Phoenix will not be coming out of retirement to play Edgar Allen Poe!
Last week, Resul Pookutty, who was responsible for the sound design in Slumdog Millionaire, told an Indian newspaper that Phoenix has signed on to play the poet in a new movie, but the rumor has been squashed by Joaquin's rep!
Phoenix's rep says that his client has no intentions of appearing in the new flick.
Too bad!
We'd love to see Joaquin return to the big screen!
[Image via WENN.]
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Whether Joaquin Phoenix will play Poe in The Beautiful Cigar Girl or not - I’m sick of everyone giving credit to Stashower for a book that is not original. There were a number of books in the 19th century about the murder and Poe (many of them also titled "The Beautiful Cigar Girl"). In the 1970s, two excellent books came out about the Mary Rogers case. One by Raymond Paul called "Who Murdered Mary Rogers" and one is by Amy Srebnick, titled "The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers". Paul figured out a possible solution to the case that makes a lot of sense. There is also a good graphic novel by Rick Geary called "The Mystery of Mary Rogers" which would make a great film. Stashower just came afterwards and reprinted what was already written, and certainly his material is not filmworthy.
Posted by: JeremyWash | 03/15/2010 at 02:49 PM