As I’m Still Here hits Irish cinemas, Movies.ie looks at five great Joaquin Phoenix YouTube moments…
Miley Who???
Doing his bit for charity, Phoneix sits down with tween sensation Miley Cyrus. They talk Cyrus (of course), facebook, Lady Gaga and her hit song “two lashes” – all in the name of suicide prevention. We heart him for asking the real question, “what does Miley Cyrus do?”
What is wrong with you people?
The actor goes all Bob Dylan as he receives his 2008 People’s Choice award for “Favourite Leading Man”. Phoenix adds his own commentary on the 2008 writers strike remaining silent for the majority until he ends on a deadpan, “what is wrong with you people?”. Classic Phoenix.
THE INTERVIEW
It was television you just couldn’t make up! The 2009 interview featured a bearded, monosyllabic Phoenix doling out a series of one-word answers to a bemused Letterman and audience. Drug ridden or at his acting best, that’s for you to decide…
Raps
Finished with acting, Phoenix begins his new career as a rapper… Here the “musican” brings his musical stylings to Miami’s LIV Club. He manages one song before launching himself into the crowd to deal with a heckler. Who said Rock ‘n Roll was dead?
He’s Still Here…
Finally Phoenix returns to the big screen, but not as an actor, but as himself for the upcoming documentary “I’m Still Here”. Made by his brother-in-law Casey Afflek, the film according to the LA Times features, “more male frontal nudity than you’d find in some gay porn films”…