Director
Victor
Kossakovsky
recently
revealed
that
Joaquin
Phoenix
and
Rooney
Mara
have
welcomed
their
baby
boy
River.
The
filmmaker
confirmed
the
news
at
the
2020
Zurich
Film
Festival,
during
the
Q&A
session
at
the
screening
for
his
documentary
Gunda.
The
film's
executive
produced
by
Pheonix.
Back
in
June
2020,
reports
suggested
that
Joaquin
Phoenix
might
be
expecting
a
baby,
however,
the
couple
never
confirmed
the
news.
Kossakovsky
revealed
that
the
reason
Phoenix
was
not
able
to
attend
the
event
was
because
'he
just
got
a
baby'.
He
added,
"by
the
way,
his
name
was
...
a
beautiful
son
called
River,
so
he
cannot
promote
it
now."
Sharing
the
heartwarming
moment,
Victor
said
that
Joaquin
and
Rooney
named
their
son
'River',
which
happens
to
be
a
loving
tribute
to
Joaquin's
late
brother.
Joaquin
Phoenix's
brother
River
had
died
in
1993
at
the
age
of
23
of
a
drug
overdose.
Earlier
this
year,
the
actor
had
also
paid
his
brother
a
tribute
in
his
Oscars
speech.
"When
he
was
17,
my
brother
wrote
this
lyric,
he
said,
'Run
to
the
rescue
with
love,
and
peace
will
follow'." He
said
after
winning
the
Oscar
for
the
best
actor.
Joaquin
Phoenix
and
Rooney
Mara
first
met
in
2016
on
the
sets
of
Mary
Magdalene.
They
made
their
relationship
official
with
the
debut
at
red
carpet
closing
ceremony
of
Cannes
Film
Festival
2017.
After
living
together
for
a
couple
of
years,
they
got
engaged
in
July
last
year.