Joaquin Phoenix covers the the latest issue of T Magazine, the New York Times’ weekend arts-magazine. You can read the piece here – it’s actually a nice enough read for an actor who rarely gives in-depth magazine interviews. He comes across as self-aware enough to know that his discomfort with the press comes across as childish at times. He says that the reason he’s not interested in doing Marvel movies is because he can’t imagine working on something for five or six months (it’s cute that he thinks it would only take six months!). He talks about how he never takes a roll for the money. There’s one part of the interview getting a lot of attention though: apparently, he and Rooney Mara are already living together.
Joaquin Phoenix has revealed that he lives with Rooney Mara, his co-star in the upcoming film “Mary Magdalene,” in a new interview. Page Six exclusively reported in January that Phoenix and Mara — who play Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene in the film — became a couple after they “fell for each other on the set.” By February, a source told us, “They are madly in love.”
In the profile of Phoenix for T Magazine, Bret Easton Ellis writes of the reclusive star: “He lives with Mara in the Hollywood Hills (he’s never been married and has no children) and is usually asleep by 9 p.m. and up at 6.”
Ellis writes that Phoenix — who has upcoming films directed by Gus Van Sant and Jacques Audiard — rarely sees new movies himself.
“When asked if any recent films have excited him, he thinks about it, stuck, and then answers, genuinely, surprising himself: ‘‘‘Moana’! I thought it was beautiful,’” the piece reports. But “he later corrects himself and says it was actually ‘The Lost City of Z,’ James Gray’s latest — Phoenix has starred in four of Gray’s seven films.”
Past that part about his normal day, they say he spends his mornings reading emails, hanging out with his dog, taking karate classes, meditating and watches the Netflix documentaries that Rooney chooses. It honestly sounds like he’s super-in-love right now and that Rooney has had a very calming effect on his life and his general outlook. Which is sweet, right? Even though I side-eyed them at the beginning, now I kind of love them together. They make sense together.
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Lol he confused Moana with The Lost City of Z?
It kind of sounds like when he said Moana he meant it, but later thought that maybe that’s not an answer a serious actor would give so – Quick think of something else! lol
They are the perfect vegan couple of Hollywood. They make perfect sense together.
You misspelled the word ‘role’….
I was gonna say something too (the pedant in me was twitching big time) but I figured it was probably just a typo.
The older someone is the less I side eye what appears to be moving too quickly. I’m starting to believe the “when you know, you know” line. My patience for dating and flirting has substantially decreased (which is not jiving well with the tinder-era). When I meet someone the chemistry is there or it’s not. There’s just no working my way around/up to it.
Oh that’s true! When you know, you know. And only you know when you know 🙂 A truth as old as time.
I agree.
I spent my twenties moving slow, making sure never to rush anything…end result was I wasted a lot of time on people I wasn’t really compatible with. It’s very easy to get along brilliantly with someone when you’re just dating, seeing each other a few times a week, having seperate lives to retreat back to. Move in together and you can quickly realise you’re not well-suited at all.
Honestly I think taking things slow leads to a lot of bad marriages. People spend years and years dating, and then it’s hard for them to let go even when it finally becomes clear it’s not going to be a good long-term relationship. Sunk cost fallacy.
Yup, totally agreed. You’re clear about what you want and what you don’t, and if it works, it works.
My BF and I met in August 2013, and were living together by October of that year. It worked, we knew it, there was no point in wasting time. And we’re adults, if it doesn’t work, you move on. Life is too short for second guessing
I agree but in my mid 30’s I find a lot of men are bitter or have a lot of baggage. The last guy I was REALLY into, we had an intense attraction to one another from the beginning, couldn’t take our eyes off of each other and not in a lustful way, but he told me very bluntly he doesn’t want to get involved with me because we have a connection, instead he’d rather keep things simple and have onenighters. He is 42!
Moving quickly within relationship doesn’t indicate a better or more loving relationship than somebody who moves slow. I’ve seen it firsthand in my family and in my work. So many regret having settled quick (babies included). Some people are luckier and have happy relationships with that same mindset. Good for them. A good relationship is defined by many things and judging it by the speed of progressing to milestones like having sex, moving in together, getting engaged and married, having babies, buying a house etc… means nothing in the grand scheme of things. In any case, none of these things guarantee you’re with you’re big love and that you’re going to last together. You only ‘know’ that at the end of the ride tbh, that ride can last only 2 years or several decades or until death. You’d have to be clairvoyant to predict the future, no offense.
I think it’s just called maturing and being ready for whatever it is that you’re ready for (casual relationships or a future husband/wife) and going for it when the opportunity presents itself. People also have more on their plate when they’re proper adults with all sorts of responsibilities (25+) so less time to waste your life on things that aren’t a priority.
Also if you’re ready for something, don’t blame the other party for not giving you what you want. Slow or quick, you have to realise you have the power to walk away when somebody is playing you. There is no excuse to stick it out with a manbaby or commitment phobe when you’re ready to settle down, the signs would be obvious.
I find many men are finding it very difficult to grow up and mature well into their 30’s and 40’s. Being 36, I am not sure how much older I need to go to find someone responsible and committed. Many of my friends had children with man babies and thus are now single mothers or struggling in awful marriages because they were ready for children and clearly their partners were not. I’m thankful I didn’t go that route.
My last few exes were 32 and 40 and neither wanted to grow up, playing video games constantly, not wanting children or marriage, just acting like they were 16. It’s frustrating because I have felt mature for a long time now and I don’t get why it seems men are maturing slower and slower. It seems like they have more options with dating apps and can just do a revolving merry go round. I can do that too, but I don’t want to at this point in my life. Then I finally found a guy I really connected with and I was thinking 42 great, but he is just as much of a commitment phobe as the others.
Aww, that sucks.
I think any romantic relationship is political and it’s a fact that women still draw the short straw in relationships. When those manbabies are ready to commit or want to have children, they still have a lot of possibilities well into 40s, 50s, 60s and I’m sure beyond that even. That’s not an option for women, hence why some people clearly settle to cover at least 1 major milestone: babies. It’s good you see through that and want more but that doesn’t make it any less frustrating and possibly lonely at times.
One big example in my life was a teacher who became a mother of 2 children at age 38 and 40 and said she didn’t settle. She had a very rich personal life (prominent actress in theatre) but she was separated from the father. I think even when meeting a Big Love, things don’t always have a happy ending but at least you tried and were truly in love and happy for the time that you were together. It’s all about having authentic bonds with good people who are there for you.
I don’t know what to say really, it’s more important I think not to compromise as it’s still better to be alone than with somebody who is half there or doesn’t want to be there at all. If you have an awesome personal life, a man is a nice extra but not a necessity and you can find love at any age.
You’re strong, you don’t need an adult baby to share your life with, you need an equal and that’s really hard to find imo. I’m sure you’ll meet somebody one day, you sound like you have it together up there and you deserve the best 🙂
What sucks is I don’t have a good personal life at all. I did in the US, but having moved to Toronto 5 years ago—it sucks. I’m in a bookclub but those women are bitter or dating obsessed, so every time they have a boyfriend you become second tier. I have a moon ceremony group also, but again, they are all coupled up or dating app obsessed (I mean 3-5 dates a week like its a second job). I have been contemplating moving to BC next year for this reason.
Thank you for the positive vibes…it truly means a lot! 🙂
They make complete and perfect sense too me. Not a huge fan but they make absolute complete sense to me.
To be honest I really hope they don’t have kids though. It just feels like he’s not emotionally healthy enough for that. But I do wish them a long happy life together of being artistic and deep in a way we common folk would just not understand. But oh the ennui! 😏
Well she cheated on her boyfriend to get with him and he was accused of seeing other women so maybe they won’t last long to the making babies phase.
God, I hope so…that they won’t last too long as a couple. Rooney can do better.
He’s a skeeve. Dude was banging women in the same room with his brother-in-law during that mockumentary. Grossss. That’s the husband of his sister. Both her husband and brother abandoned her by doing that. That and the fact that the Phoenix children probably are scarred by having lived in that pedo cult which I imagine must be tough to have any normal relationship so for Joaquin to not only be present but participate in his sister’s husband constant philandering is a whole new level is disgusting.
Phoenix is also a massive douche in general (again: mocumentary) and shown himself to be just as occupied with fame and success as the average Hollywood actor.His attitude with the press is a joke yet he is present at awards and tried to get in the good graces with the public by appearing on Letterman.
He also threw a hissy fit when his ex Eva Mendes made a funny remark about working with him and he didn’t take it well.
Do he and Casey even talk now, now that his marriage to Summer is over? Casey didn’t thank or acknowledge anyone in the Phoenix clan during his Oscar run, did he?
I hated seeing him in that faux documentary. Such a spoiled brat.
Both him and Jake Gyllenhaal are filming a movie in Bucharest, and while nobody’s seen JG outside of the set, Joaquin’s been partying it up in clubs like Control, with lots of booze and pretty girls.
They look as if they would have an inexplicably smelly home. Like cigarettes and stale bread. Anyway, I’m very worried about Irmas devistation, Mexicos earthquake, tsunami, and hurricane as well as Texas. It’s hard to absorb these silly celebrity stories. Just make us laugh for a minute. Terribly low on laughs, celebrity weirdoes
And here in America the climate change denying morons are in charge. Who knows if the destruction they cause can be reversed?
They seem like a perfect match. Hope they make it.
It’s good that someone has balanced him. I know from personal experience though that after time if the person really wants that imbalance, they’ll drag the other person down to get it. I hope that doesn’t happen for him because I like Joaquin Phoenix and I really struggled when he and his ex-brother in law who shall not be named did that mockumentary together. It was just awful 🙁
Do you guys think when he falls asleep she is like, “YES! Real Housewives marathon time!”
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LOL
I too needed a laugh today!
Something’s off about them.. And Michael Fassbender is “the greatest screen actor of his generation”
Nope.
Michael Shannon
You can think of Fassbender how you choose, but it is not Phoenix either. Then again, that whole “greatest/best of his generation” should just be retired. It never is as clear cut as that, especially not in the arts. Just go with “one of the”, totally enough praise.
I love him, a fantastic actor and a low-key guy.
That’s cute. Which set did they fall in love on?
Her…or Mary Magdalen?
These are 2 of my least favorite actors so it makes perfect sense that they’re together. Water finds its own level.
“He talks about how he never takes a roll for the money.”
How about a role?
Well, if either of them lose their eyebrows, at least the other one has them covered.
He says he doesn’t choose the roles for the money but it’s not like he doesn’t get paid either. He said in another interview he wouldn’t do theatre bc it doesn’t pay well.
He’s rich. They both are rich.very rich.i wonder if they deserve it. Not only them but most actors.
I’m an artist too and I have to live in a shared apt. Bc I can’t afford to rent let alone buy my own house.
These two are so privileged they don’t even know it. If at least they could say something interesting during the interviews. Not even that. No vision , no ideals, no wisdom. Nothing to offer.
I used to be a fan of Joaquin. Not anymore.
I had a boyfriend that reminds me a lot of Joaquin. He spent almost 2 years in trying to make me open relationship friendly and it didn’t work. He left me for a much younger girl in the end. He almost broke me.