Parizvino, Joaquin Phoenix ndeimwe yevatambi vakanaka kwazvo munyika, asi kuwedzera kune yakakosha hunyanzvi kugona, inozivikanwa zvakanyanya nehunhu hwayo hwakaoma uye nzira yenzira yekushanda. Mukukurukurirana kwakakura neiyo GQ magazini, Phoenix akataura kuti panguva yekufemera kwe "Jerker" aive nemukana wekutazve nemumwe mutambi mukuru anomiririrwa naRobert de niro. Chikonzero chekurwisana ndechekudzikama kwePhoenix kunopinda mukuverenga kwekutanga kweChiratidzo. Izvo hazvina kuida. De niro, uyo akatendeukira kumudyire Todd Phillips ane mazwi akadaro:
Muudze [Phoenix] Kuti iye mutambi uye anofanirwa kunge ari panzvimbo ... Ini ndoda kunzwa iyo firimu rose, saka isu tese tinoungana mukamuri imwe chete uye kungoverenga zvinyorwa.
Iyo phoenix yakapindura izvi:
Damn neaviri, ini handisi kuzotora chikamu mune tweet.
Sezvauri kuona, mutsigiri weiyo nzira yakasarudzika yaDe nigiro kure haina kunyorwa pakarepo neyekutanga phoenix, asi semhedzisiro, vatambi vacho vakaramba vachibvumirana. Phoenix akataura kuti akabvuma kubata tweet mune iyo nia hofisi. Chokwadi, panguva yechiitiko, Phoenix akasara asati asati asati asvika mundiro yake, asiri kuti, asi zviri nani kugunun'una kwake. Mushure meizvozvo, de Niro akakoka Phoenix yekukurukurirana kwakavanzika, asi akaramba. Panguva imwecheteyo, Phoenix akaona kuti aive fan hombe yemunhu mukuru weanoshanda naye kubva paakafa ne "Besen Bull" Martin Scorsese.
Basa remusoro mu "JEK" rakaunza iyo phoenix yakawanda yemubairo wega, kusanganisira Oscar mune single "Best Best Comment." NaDe Nilo, akapiwa mubairo uyu wekunyepedzera kaviri - kune chinotungamira chikamu mu "Bull Bull" (1981), pamwe nebasa rechipiri mu "Crdc "d baba 2" (1975).