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The 49-year-old Napoleon star and the 39-year-old Social Network actress pictured in the tourist destination's airport ahead of the <br>
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<u><b>They were spotted getting around the picturesque city in <a href="http://gregoryffdp032.cavandoragh.org/kar-chi-iqos-khe-ld-lb-laea-the-khnkh-sa-h-rbphchihim-1">iqos iluma one i</a> of its iconic water taxis.</b></u><br>
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Joaquin was set to make a major appearance ahead of the premiere of his dark comic book film Joker: Folie à Deux.<br>
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Fans and critics are getting a look at the film after <br>
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the actor made himself persona non grata among independent <br>
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Todd Haynes' untitled gay romance just five days before production was to begin.<br>
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Joaquin Phoenix, 49, and his fiancée Rooney Mara, 39, put on unified front when they arrived in Venice, Italy, on Monday.<br>
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They were pictured at the airport before heading to a water taxi<br>
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The two were set to attend the Venice Film Festival, where Phoenix's highly anticipated sequel <br>
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Joker: Folie à Deux is premiering<br>
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The couple appeared to be joined by their youngest child, <br>
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whose name has not yet been publicly revealed.<br>
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<i><u>Rooney held the little one close to her in a striped blanket that was wrapped around her shoulders.</u></i><br>
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<i><u>The loved-up couple were dressed casually for their arrival in Venice.</u></i><br>
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Joaquin looked cool and relaxed in a plain black T-shirt that highlighted his toned arms, which he paired with black track pants rolled up at the hems.<br>
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<strong>He matched them with tall black socks and low-key gray sneakers.</strong><br>
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The Academy Award winner wore his graying hair in a messy mop contrasting his <br>
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black glasses, and he also had on a black backpack.<br>
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Rooney had on a black blouse and a long black <br>
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<u><b>She kept things simple with high-waisted blue jeans and black flats.</b></u><br>
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<u>Her brunette locks were tied back in a bun, and she covered up <br>
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<u><i>The Her costars have been together since 2016, and <br>
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they share two young children together.</i></u><br>
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They welcomed their first child, River — named <br>
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after Joaquin's late brother River Phoenix — in August of 2020, and Rooney gave birth to their second child in June of <br>
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this year, but few details have been revealed about the younger <br>
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Joaquin was focusing on his likely blockbuster Joker:<br>
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Folie à Deux following the controversy over his departure from an indie romance drama just five days before it was to begin production.<br>
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The shocking move left director Todd Haynes and indie <br>
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superproducer Christine Vachon scrambling to find a replacement for <br>
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the lead role, which was ultimately unsuccessful due to the extraordinarily short time before filming. <br>
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Vachon later called the experience a 'nightmare,' but she defended the film from <br>
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critics who claimed only a gay actor should have been cast in Phoenix's role.<br>
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She reminded the writers of rude social <br>
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media comments that Phoenix was the person who brought the project to her <br>
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and Haynes, meaning he couldn't be separated from the film.<br>
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Vachon also defended her production company's record of hiring actors in the <br>
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LGBTQ community, and she said that the criticism was only making the 'terrible situation even worse.'<br>
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Phoenix and Top Gun: Maverick actor Danny Ramirez, 31, were to play onscreen lovers in the 1930s-set film, which was said to include 'explicit sexual content.'<br>
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Joaquin looked cool and relaxed in a plain black T-shirt that highlighted his toned arms, which <br>
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he paired with black track pants, gray sneakers and a <br>
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Rooney had on a black blouse and a long black jacket <br>
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with high-waisted jeans and black flats. She had a black blanket wrapped <br>
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around her that apparently contained her youngest child<br>
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<b>The couple were seen being helped onto a water taxi as they headed to <br>
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Phoenix was promoting Joker 2 just weeks after <br>
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dropping out of director Todd Haynes' untitled 1930s-set gay romance just five <br>
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days before filming was to start in Mexico; Haynes <br>
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(R) is pictured with the film's producer, Christine Vachon, at the Cannes <br>
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Film Festival in 2021<br>
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Phoenix was intimately connected to the production, as he <br>
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reportedly developed the movie's screenplay with Haynes and Jon Raymond.<br>
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A source claimed to Variety that the star dropped out amid trepidation over the film's graphic sex <br>
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scenes.<br>
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However, others disputed that characterization and noted that he played a <br>
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major role in getting the film into production in the first place.<br>
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Phoenix has reportedly suffered from cold feet on multiple previous projects that he ultimately <br>
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