Joaquin Phoenix, who is almost always a jerk in interviews, set a new standard for surliness with Time Out New York’s Laura Leu this week. When Leu asked by phone how he prepared for his role as a drug-addicted nightclub manager in “We Own the Night”, Phoenix responded, “I never prepare. I think that’s completely overrated. It’s a very simple job. All you have to do is…stand in the right spot and say the line. So I don’t believe in preparation.” When Leu pressed, “But you prepared for Ladder 49 by training with a fire academy,” testy Phoenix replied, “I just said that because I thought it would sound good to the press. I don’t know why it seems to be of note that actors do any kind of preparation. It’s just what you’re supposed to do in your [bleep]ing job. Do you think that because you did some research you deserve some special credit?” Then he hung up on her. Leu’s editor said of the call, “Laura was really excited to interview him, but when he hung up on her out of the blue, she was disappointed. She was supposed to speak with him for half an hour, but was only given 10 minutes.”

This is so funny… I love him. I don’t know why, but I do. Wait…didn’t he do guitar and singing lessons for “Walk the Line”? Isn’t that preparation and not just standing in the right spot spitting out some lines? I could be wrong.

MARK WAHLBERG is glad filmmaker ANG LEE passed over him when he cast BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, because the Oscar nominee was “a little creeped out” at the prospect of having to play a gay cowboy.

The DEPARTED star reveals he and pal JOAQUIN PHOENIX were originally considered for the roles of ENNIS DEL MAR and JACK TWIST in the 2005 film – but both felt uncomfortable about sex act scenes in a tent.

Wahlberg explains, “I met with Ang Lee on that movie, I read 15 pages of the script and got a little creeped out. It was very graphic, descriptive – the spitting on the hand, getting ready to do the thing.

“I told Ang Lee, ‘I like you, you’re a talented guy, if you want to talk about it more…’ Thankfully, he didn’t.” The parts eventually went to JAKE GYLLENHAAL and HEATH LEDGER and, though Wahlberg feels it’s a film he must see, he has yet to watch Brokeback Mountain.
He adds, “I didn’t rush to see Brokeback, it’s just not my deal… Obviously, it was done in taste – look how it was received.”

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Is it weird to think that I find him kinda sexy?

Joaquin interviews the band Arckid (who used to be called Spacehog) which is a little odd because Royston Langdon of Arckid married Joaquin’s ex-girlfriend Liv Tyler and the rumours were that she was bedding Royston behind Joaquin’s back and that’s why they split. 

Anyways, cool pics.