Joaquin Phoenix dad: Rooney Mara gave birth, a symbolic name

Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix are parents! The two American actors have just welcomed their baby boy, as reported Buzzfeed, September 28, 2020. Yesterday, during the Zurich Film Festival, the Russian director Victor Kossakovsky – including the film Gunda was produced by the actor – announced at a press conference for the feature film that Joaquin Phoenix “had just had a baby“, a “gorgeous boy“.

“Besides, he just welcomed a baby. He’s a beautiful little boy named River“, he announced. Despite the very pronounced accent of the filmmaker, it is understandable that Joaquin Phoenix has chosen here to pay tribute to the man who marked his life: his brother, the deceased actor River Phoenix. In 1993, he saw his older brother die in his arms, from a fatal overdose of Valium and methamphetamines at the exit of a nightclub in Los Angeles. Aged just 23, this rising Hollywood star had died out in the street.

On February 9, Joaquin Phoenix paid a vibrant tribute to his missing brother, when he accepted the Oscar for Best Actor in Joker. “I have been selfish, cruel, difficult. I’m not a role model … but many here have given me a second chance and I think this is where the best is found in everyone. When we support each other. (…) When he was 17, my brother wrote these song lyrics: ‘Run after love and peace will follow.’ Thank you“Said the 45-year-old actor.