# Joaquin Phoenix's breakdown

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 28, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joaquin-phoenixs-breakdown/266506 "2004-09-28T16:40:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joaquin-phoenixs-breakdown/266506/1 "2004-09-28T16:40:37Z")

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According to the imdb, Joaquin Phoenix recently suffered a breakdown while filming a biopic of Johnny Cash. [http://imdb.com/news/wenn/#2](http://imdb.com/news/wenn/#2)

Apparently, it was during a scene involving the death of Cash’s younger brother, which reminded Phoenix too much of the death of his own. Now they are thinking of moving the shooting from Memphis to Hollywood to make the actor more comfortable.

Isn’t Hollywood (L.A.) where River Phoenix died, though?

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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joaquin-phoenixs-breakdown/266506/2 "2004-09-28T17:01:23Z")

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Yeah it was, but even though it is, being in Hollywood where making a movie is “normal” and I suspect Joaquin lives there, it would make it easier for him to deal with.