A journalist has described a toe-curling encounter with Joaquin Phoenix , which ended in the actor storming out of their interview, only to return an hour later.

Joaquin is currently on the promo trail for his new film Joker , in which he plays a reimagined version of the iconic Batman villain.

In a new piece in The Telegraph , Joaquins incarnation of the character is described as a villain for our times, who writes an unhinged manifesto; fantasises about killing himself on live television, agitates for chaos on the streets.