The Extraordinary Life of Joaquin Phoenix

The roles that Joaquin could have been in

Joaquin Phoenix has been in a bevy of brilliant movie roles, and some really small ones too. He has, however, passed on some other roles too. These roles include 1996’s Scream’s Billy Loomis played by Skeet Ulrich, as well as 1997’s Boogie Night’s Dirk Diggler played by Mark Wahlberg (the movie was nominated for three Academy Awards).

Joaquin was also considered for the role of Norman Bates for the 1999 remake of Psycho, however Vince Vaughn was chosen for the role. Adrian Brody took the role of Louis Simo in 2006’s Hollywood Land, beating Joaquin for it. Joaquin turned down the title role of 2016’s Doctor Strange that was then given to Benedict Cumberbatch. Even when it came to Joker, it took a lot of convincing before Joaquin said yes to the role.