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Joaquin Phoenix has teamed up with PETA for a video spot that will air in theaters before each showing of his new, highly anticipated film, Joker: Folie à Deux, whichopens on October 4. In the spot, the actor and vegan activist is seen underwater, terror-stricken and struggling for oxygen. Phoenix emphasizes that fish endure agonizing deaths when they’re dragged from their watery homes. |
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“In water, humans drown, just as fish suffocate on land. It’s slow and painful and frightening, and we do it to more than 1 trillion fish every year,” Phoenix says in the video. “Put yourself in their place. Try to relate.” |
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