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Variety reports:

Joaquin Phoenix has dropped out of Todd Haynes‘ untitled gay romance film, just five days before filming was set to begin in Mexico, Variety has confirmed.

Phoenix had developed the screenplay for the detective love story with Haynes and Jon Raymond. A source close to the production tells Variety the actor got “cold feet.” Entire sets had been built in Guadalajara before Phoenix made the last-minute decision to exit the film.

Representatives for Haynes and Phoenix did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment.

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EXCLUSIVE: Production of Todd Haynes‘ gay romance movie is completely dead. The pic has been in limbo for the last two weeks as Joaquin Phoenix reportedly stormed off the set of the movie which also starred Top Gun: Mavrick‘s Danny Ramirez. Producers during that time were trying… pic.twitter.com/Xn65wL2YJv

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