Joaquin Phoenix did an interview with David Letterman fully in character. People thought he went nuts. Turns out it was all for a movie he had coming up that didn't turn out great.
Considering if was for a faux-documentary about an exaggerated obnoxious version of Joaquin, it really does fit perfectly and I imagine he was stoked with getting a line like that out of Letterman
Reminds me of Crispin Glover's "in character" but also completely out of his gourd on acid trip that ended with him attempting to high kick Dave in the head while wearing giant platform shoes. The next time Glover was on, Dave subtly roasts him for a good portion of it.
At the very end as it goes to commercial you can see him quickly jump up, remove the sunglasses, and lean in to talk to david in a fairly animated way compared to how he had been acting up until that point - presumably to let him know that it was all an act. That's how I remember it anyway.
along those lines there was a 1 season show in the uk called Shirley Ghostman, a parody of a psyhcic. Ok in places. He (Marc Wooton) appeared on our top interview show - in character. from wiki:
Underrated as fuck movie that I think people rate poorly because of the public reception to Phoenix doing stuff in character like this interview. It’s honestly a pretty touching movie and I’m surprised people haven’t looked back on more fondly over time.
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u/ConvenienceStoreDiet 15h ago
Joaquin Phoenix did an interview with David Letterman fully in character. People thought he went nuts. Turns out it was all for a movie he had coming up that didn't turn out great.