In the cinema, Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara have chained the roles. In private, they discover a new one: that of parent. The two actors welcomed their first child at the end of the summer. The little boy and his parents were recently surprised during a discreet family outing …
Thursday February 11, 2021, Joaquin Phoenix, his partner (and alleged fiancée) Rooney Mara and their 5 month old son, River, were out! The little family went to a friend’s home in Los Angeles. All dressed in black, hidden by a hood, a protective mask and sunglasses, the 46-year-old actor still did not manage to go unnoticed. He was carrying the baby, awake in his pram. Father and son followed Rooney Mara, face uncovered but discreetly climbed back into their car.
Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara live the first months of their new life out of sight! The two heroes of the movies Marie Madeleine and Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot (released in March and April 2018) became mom and dad in September, and have been enjoying their adorable toddler ever since. They gave him the first name of River, taking inspiration from Joaquin Phoenix’s brother, River Phoenix, died of an overdose in October 1993, at the age of 23.
Her pregnancy, Rooney Mara had not formally formalized. The actress was content to live her life, stepping out dressed in loose clothes hiding her round belly.
Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara met in 2013 on the set of the movie Her, by Spike Jonze. Their romance did not begin until four years later: “She is the only girl I have ever looked for on the internet, had entrusted the actor to the magazine Vanity Fair in October 2019. We were just friends, by email. I had never done that. Watch a girl online.“He was even convinced that his filmmate despised him, before realizing that she was just shy but appreciated him just as much.
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