Joaquin Phoenix has resurfaced and thanks to Casey Affleck coming clean about the documentary being fake has opened the door for Phoenix to actually get some work that isn’t in a soup kitchen.
And the first guy to turn his head to Joaquin’s return is Clint Eastwood, who hopes that Pheonix will play J Edgar Hoover’s lover in the biopic of the longstanding FBI Director.
Fresh from the fake break down mess that was I’m Still Here, Joaquin Phoenix needs a role to distance himself from that and remind people that he is a great actor.
It looks as if Dirty Harry himself could be helping him. Vulture report that Clint Eastwood wants him to play J. Edgar Hoover’s reputed paramour and protégé, Clyde Tolson.
As the associate director of the FBI from 1947 to 1972, Tolson was in daily close contact with Hoover at the office, but even more interesting, the pair also dined, socialized in night clubs, and even vacationed together.
I could see Joaquin pulling off this role and if Eastwood gets his Hoover, we could get some sexy hot scenes of Leonardo DiCaprio smooching with Phoenix.
And who doesn’t want to see that?
Ok, its more about the story of J. Edgar Hoover’s long running career at the FBI that spanned 25 years which of course will have to include his covert romances.
