“But it was his death that immortalized River Phoenix. Rightly or wrongly, he would be remembered as one of the movie greats. He would never grow old, or make cuddly, safe films to top up his pension fund. His legacy is rooted in the earth of Hollywood. He had the innocent soul of someone ruined by their business like Marilyn Monroe, and the live-fast die-young rebel spirit of James Dean.”
He’s Still Here: The Biography of Joaquin Phoenix by Martin Howden