Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara on Oct. 14, 2023.Photo:Amanda Edwards/Getty
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Joaquin PhoenixandRooney Maraare all smiles in Los Angeles!
On Saturday, Phoenix, 48, and Rooney, 38, were seen hosting a special screening of the 2022 documentary filmThe Smell of Moneyat the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica, Calif. The engaged couple, both seen wearing black outfits at the screening, spoke to the audience and sat among the film’s producers and directors, including Jamie Berger, Shawn Bannon, Travon Free, Michelle Cho and David Lowery, among others, at the event.
The film center shared a number of photos of Phoenix and Rooney together at the event onInstagramon Sunday, writing in a caption: “And of course a special thank you to our hosts, Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara, their support for the film has been incredible.”
The Smell of Moneyfollows a North Carolina community’s years-long legal battle with a major pork company located in the area, “where much of the world’s bacon and barbecue is made,” according to an official synopsis for the film. The community’s residents fight to “reclaim their rights to clean air, pure water, and a life free from the stench of s—” within the film.
Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara on Oct. 14, 2023.Amanda Edwards/Getty
Phoenix and Rooney, who privately got engaged in 2019 andwelcomed their first child, a son named Riverin 2020, first met when they costarred in the 2013 filmHer. The pair later reunited onscreen in 2016’sMary Magdalene, and made their first public appearance as a couple at the 2017Cannes Film Festival.
“She’s the only girl I ever looked up on the internet,“Phoenix once saidof Rooney, while noting that he initially thought his future wife didn’t like him when they first met. “We were just friends, e-mail friends. I’d never done that. Never looked up a girl online.”
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(L-R) Executive producer David Lowery, actors Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara, and executive producer Travon Free attend the Los Angeles Special Screening of “The Smell Of Money”.Amanda Edwards/Getty
(Clockwise from Top L) Michelle Cho, Jen Murphy, Jamie Berger, Shawn Bannon, Travon Free, Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix and David Lowery attend the Los Angeles Special Screening of “The Smell Of Money”.Amanda Edwards/Getty
Phoenix’s appearance comes just over one month before his next movie,Napoleon, releases in theaters Nov. 22. He alsowrapped filming on the forthcomingJokersequel,Joker: Folie á Deux, alongside costar Lady Gaga in April.
The couple also have one project slated for release in 2024,Polaris, in which they will costar, perIMDb. Rooney last appeared in the Academy Award-winning 2022 filmWomen Talking.
The Smell of Moneyis playing at the Laemmle Monica Film Center through Oct. 19, and at New York City’s Angelika Village East movie theater from Oct. 20 - 26.
source: people.com
