According to information reported by the Daily Mail, Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara have welcomed their first child: a little boy. They would have chosen a highly symbolic first name for him.
Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara met in 2013, on the set of Spike Jonze's movie Her. But it wasn't until four years later that their romance began. Indeed, the Social Network actress and Oscar winner for his role in Joker were first friends. Finally: On Joaquin Phoenix's side, it seemed like it was already more than friendship ... "She's the only girl I've looked for on the internet. We were just friends, by email. I've never done that, watch a girl online, ”he told Vanity Fair. If they took a long time to find each other, they haven't left each other since. And they seem to be spinning the perfect love. Love that they have just made.
"He just had a baby by the way"
Last May, we actually learned from Page Six that Rooney Mara was pregnant with their first child. Child to whom she has just given birth. According to information reported by the Daily Mail, the actress has given birth to a baby boy. It was director Victor Kossakovski, after the screening of the film Gunda, so Joaquin Phoenix is the executive producer, who revealed the happy event at the Zurich Film Festival. At the turn of a question on the involvement of the actor as a producer, the director blurted out: "He just had a baby by the way ..." And he then revealed the name of Joaquin Phoenix's son : “A beautiful boy named River. "
Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara chose a highly symbolic first name for their little boy: the name of the actor's brother, River Phoenix, who died in October 1993 of an overdose. River Phoenix, known for his roles in Stand by Me (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), My own private Idaho (1991), was only 23 when he died. A real drama for Joaquin Phoenix, who pays him a beautiful tribute.