Joaquin Phoenix withdraws from upcoming gay romance film

According to foreign media reports, the filming of the gay love movie directed by Todd Haynes and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Danny Ramirez was stopped, mainly because Joaquin Phoenix withdrew from the project at the last minute. This project is basically scrapped because Joaquin is the first male lead in the film and the film company has no plans to recast the actor.

The film tells the story of two men (one of whom is played by Phoenix) who fall in love and leave California for Mexico. According to foreign media, Variety revealed that the film has a NC-17 rating and contains a lot of explicit sexual content, which is challenging for the audience. Some crew members suspect that Phoenix's departure is related to these large-scale scenes, but what is puzzling is that it was Joaquin Phoenix who first suggested to Haynes that the film be made NC-17.

Joaquin Phoenix's departure occurred five days before the filming officially started. He wrote the script with Haynes and Jon Raymond, and the set was already set up, but Phoenix got cold feet at the last minute.

Currently the crew members are unemployed, but their salaries have to be paid, and the losses may exceed seven figures in US dollars.