Joaquin Phoenix was only pretending to fall apart

Remember how Joaquin Phoenix said he was quitting the acting game and becoming a hip-hop star? He grew a beard and acted weird on David Letterman and other things.

At the time it all seemed very odd and rumour had it that it was all in the name of art.

Turns out that was exactly the case and Casey Affleck has supposedly finished the mockumentary based around Phoenix’s crazy antics.

Deadline have the news that it was shown for the first time in a private lunchtime screening at WME headquarters last week for buyers — including Harvey Weinstein — who were sworn to secrecy.

They are going to keep the actual content of the mockumentary as secret as they can, but it will be interesting to see what it has all been about. Personally I can’t wait to see Phoenix back on the Letterman show once the film is released.