Online audiences love Joaquin Phoenix as the crazed Unabomber rapper
Actor Joaquin Phoenix and late night talk show host David Letterman shared a special moment a couple nights ago on the Late Show. Phoenix, who is now clearly either insane or doing one hell of a publicity stunt, appeared on the show to promote his new film Two Lovers - and did anything but. As Letterman asked him questions, Phoenix, with long hair, a Moses-like beard and wearing sunglasses sat quietly and occasionally muttered to himself, or expressed his displeasure with Letterman making fun of him. It was an odd scene to say the least - which of course means instant online gold.
The incident drew the most streams of the Late Show since last October when then Presidential candidate John McCain was on. The Phoenix interview drew over 2.5 million views on CBS’ sites in just the first 36 hours after it aired, according to CBS. And that doesn’t even include YouTube numbers (where I first saw it).
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