Although Joaquin Phoenix tells the media he has quit Hollywood to focus on his quote "rap career", rumor has it he's not telling the truth (partial because his friend Casey Affleck has been documenting the entire publicity stunt). Now according to India Times Phoenix is set to play Edgar Allan Poe in "The Beautiful Cigar Girl"...

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Yes you read that right, the actor, turned rap start, turned nut job has his sites set to play poet Edgar Allen Poe in a big screen adaptation of Daniel Stashower's "The Beautiful Cigar Girl," which revolves around an eerie re-life experience of Poe just months before his death. Who better to play a nut than a nut we say!

The news comes from sound recording artist Resul Pookutty, who won an Oscar for his work on "Slumdog Millionaire." The film "Cigar Girl" will be his second international film. "I couldn't be happier because I am doing a period film," he said. "It is a very special challenge because I have to recreate the sound textures of New York in 1854. Joaquin plays Edgar Allen Poe."

The you have it!

Source: India Times