Okwangoku, i-jonaquin phoenix ngomnye wabadlali abalungileyo emhlabeni, kodwa ukongeza kubuchule bayo obukhulu, kodwa ngokongeza kubuchule bayo ababalaseleyo, kuziwa ngokubanzi ngomlinganiswa wayo onzima kunye nohlobo lwendlela yokusebenza. Kudliwanondlebe olubanzi ne-GQ Imagazini, iPhoenix yathi ngexesha lokudlala 'kwi-curker "wayenethuba lokufumana enye i-actor enkulu emelwe nguRobert de Niro. Unobangela wembambano yayikukuthandabuza iPhoenix ukuya kwi-Feenix eya kuqeqesho lweScript. Ayiyithandi. De Niro, owaguqukela kumphathi we-Todd Phillips ngala mazwi:
Mxelele [iPhoenix] ukuba ungumntu ongumlingisi kwaye kufuneka abekhona ... ndifuna ukuva ifilimu, ngenxa yoko siya kuhlanganisana ne-script.
I-phoenix yaphendula oku:
Damn kunye nesibini, andizukuthatha inxaxheba kwi-theet.
Njengoko ubona, inkxaso yendlela yeklasi kaDe Niro yayingakhange isebenzise ngokukhawuleza nePhoenix yokuqala, kodwa ngenxa yoko, abadlali bebeza kulalanisa. UPhoenix wathi wavuma ukubamba i-tweet kwi-ofisi ye-De Niro. Kuyinyani, ngexesha lomsitho, uPhoenix akazange azive kwiplate yakhe, engatshoni, kodwa endaweni yoko ukubumbana. Emva koko, uDe Niro wamema iPhoenix kwincoko yabucala, kodwa wala. Kwangelo xesha, uPhoenix waphawula ukuba wayengumntu omkhulu weqabane lakhe osebenza naye kuba wayenentokazi 'kwi-bols "ye-bulls".
Indima yesihloko kwi "Jooker" yazisa ubunzima be-phoenix yamabhaso abo, kubandakanya i-Oscar kwi-looscation "yeyona ndima ibalaseleyo." Ndikunye no-de niro, wanikwa le bhaso libalulekileyo kabini - kwindima ekhokelayo kwi "1981), kunye nendima yesicwangciso sesibini" (1975).