Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara have welcomed a baby named River, according to a close friend
The happy news was revealed on stage at the Zurich Film Festival by director Viktor Kossakovsky, who was promoting his new film Gunda, of which Joaquin is executive producer
Apologizing for the actor’s absence, Kossakovsky said: « He just had a baby, by the way, his name was a beautiful son called River, so he can’t promote him now «
The name is a beautiful tribute to the brother of Joaquin, the actor of Stand By Me River Phoenix, who tragically died at the age of 23 in 1993
Neither Rooney nor Joaquin have confirmed the news publicly and previously declined to comment on the pregnancy as they kept their lives out of the spotlight
This is the couple’s first child together, the couple reuniting after starring together in 2018 film Mary Magdalene
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They originally met on the set of the movie Her in 2013, but only became a couple after reuniting for their second movie
Confirming their engagement in May 2019, the couple spent their forties, and therefore most of their pregnancy, in their California home
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