Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Joaquin Phoenix On Letterman

It's totally an act. You can see him crack a smile when Letterman closes with "It sure was too bad you couldn't be here tonight."

If it's an act then I can't understand why the video has been pulled off YouTube and even CBS's/David Letterman's own website.

Nope, not an act. If it was,then there is no such thing as bad publicity, so why remove it?

It's still up on Letterman's site. Try this page under "Where's Joaquin?"

http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/

I'm with Peter. He responded a little too quickly on a couple occasions. Real or acting, it's still a freakshow.

Link works... luv the avatar, Mr. Tuttle!

It's an act.

Funny as heck also.

They'd pull it from YouTube because CBS is helmed by a bunch of clueless morons.

I'm siding with the act people.

I found a few news articles (one linked below) where people who seem to be "in the know" say that he is working on a mockumentary with Casey Affleck doing these kinds of "stunts"...

Here is more if you want to read about it:
Boston Herald About Joaquin's Letterman Stint

There is even an entry on IMDB (Internet Movie Database) about it:
IMDB Entry

That's awesome. Makes a lot of sense. Saw another article where the director from his last movie was going on about how he was so sorry that Phoenix was losing it, etc. Kaufman-esque sounds right.

The first thing I thought when he walked out was "Andy Kaufman," but I'll let James Lipton decide whether it's acting or not.

Very odd.