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Affleck admits Phoenix hip hop career a hoax
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 20 September 2010
Casey Affleck has finally admitted that Joaquin Phoenix’s bizarre efforts to launch himself as a hip hop star, and the accompanying fly-on-the-wall documentary film, are one big spoof.
Nearly everyone had suspected that was so, ever since previously successful actor Phoenix grew a ridiculous beard, arrived on the scene with some terrible hip hop and gave some pretty bizarre interviews on US TV. But the actor and his mate Affleck, who was directing the film documenting Joaquin’s move into rap, previously denied the project was a hoax, eventually leading some to concede that perhaps the Hollywood star was, instead, having a very public nervous breakdown.
But now, with said movie – ‘I’m Still Here’ – out, Affleck has come clean and confirmed to the New York Times it was all a joke. Though he’s done so before most of us have seen his spoof doc, meaning we won’t be able to join in with the “is this for real?” thing that is surely core to the whole movie. Which makes the timing of Affleck’s announcement as weird as Phoenix’s hip hop persona.
