casey affleck admits joaquin phoenix film is a mockumentary

Casey Affleck has admitted that his documentary on the life of his brother-in-law Joaquin Phoenix was a hoax. The movie entitled I'm Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix is a movie about a year in Joaquin's life where he quit showbiz to pursue a career in hiphop/ rap and was directed by Casey.

According to the New Your Times' interview with Casey:

“I never intended to trick anybody,” said Mr. Affleck, an intense 35-year-old who spoke over a meat-free, cheese-free vegetable sandwich on Thursday. “The idea of a quote, hoax, unquote, never entered my mind.”

Still, he acknowledged that Mr. Letterman was not in on the joke when Mr. Phoenix, on Feb. 11, 2009, seemed to implode his own career by showing up in character as a mumbling, aimless star gone wrong.

That was just three years after he had received an Oscar nomination for his spot-on performance as Johnny Cash in “Walk the Line," and memories of the film were fresh enough to induce shock in the millions who watched him on the show and in later Internet replays.