India, Aug. 14 -- Todd Haynes' queer drama may not be the first project Joaquin Phoenix has walked out of at the last minute. In fact, The Hollywood Reporter suggests he threatened to do so even on Ridley Scott's period drama Napoleon last year, in which he played the titular role. (Also Read - Joaquin Phoenix abruptly steps out of gay romance film leaving it as good as dead: Here's why)

The report states, "The actor is indeed known to get cold feet ahead of filming on various projects. Two sources tell THR that he threatened to leave Ridley Scott's Napoleon unless his The Master filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson was brought in to do rewrites. Placated, he stayed aboard the project, and it arrived in theatres late last year."

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