Known for his iconic role in DC’s Joker, Joaquin Phoenix is now a father. Filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky revealed that the Hollywood power couple Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara are proud parents to a healthy baby boy.
The Russian filmmaker was promoting his documentary “Gunda” at the 2020 Zurich Film Festival. Joaquin Phoenix, the executive producer of the documentary, was noticeably absent from the event. When asked about his disappearance, the filmmaker revealed during the Q & A session, “He just got a baby, by the way, his name was … a beautiful son called River, so he cannot promote it now.”
The couple named their baby River, as a tribute to actor River Phoenix, late brother of the ‘Joker‘ actor. He had died in 1993, at the ripe age of 23, from a drug overdose.
Actors Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix had first met on the set of the 2013 film “Her” but became romantically involved when they reunited for the 2016 film “Mary Magdalene.” The lovely pair made their debut as a couple at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival where they were seen chatting and embracing warmly when Phoenix won the best actor award for his performance in “You Were Never Really Here.” The couple, who is notoriously private about their relationship, revealed their engagement in the year 2019 when US Weekly confirmed the news.