Gunda, for which Phoenix is executive producer. Apologising for the actor not being there, Mr Kossakovsky said: "He just had a baby, by the way, his name was...
a beautiful son called River, so he cannot promote [the film] right now." River was the name of Joaquin’s late brother, who died at the age of 23.
The late actor had been performing at Hollywood club The Viper Room with friends including Johnny Depp when he overdosed in the early hours of 31 October 1993.
Speaking about his brother in a 60 Minutes interview, Joaquin said: "I feel like in virtually every movie that I made, there was a connection to River in some way.
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