Recently we reported that Joaquin Phoenix would be the protagonist of the new Paul Thomas Anderson «Inherent Vice«.
Now he is the winner of the Oscar for best supporting actor Benicio Del Toro the one that joins the cast of this new film from the director of "The Master."
It will be the first time that Joaquin Phoenix and Benicio Del Toro coincide in a film, two actors who saw their careers take off at the same time in 2000 when they were both nominated for an Oscar for the first time.
More than a decade after those Academy Awards that gave Del Toro the Oscar for best supporting actor, Joaquin Phoenix had to wait five years to receive his Oscar, and both consecrated as two of the best actors on the current Hollywood scene, the two will meet in the same film under the command of the great Paul Thomas Anderson.
If Joaquin Phoenix will play Doc Sportello, a private detective investigating the disappearance of his ex's lover, Benicio Del Toro will put himself in the shoes of a lawyer willing to help the protagonist.
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