um ready for you Wen yeah anytime you're ready yeah so during the press conference for Joker F ad at the Venice Film Festival Wen Phoenix was asked to explain his abrupt exit from a project last month that was to be directed by Todd Haynes Wen bailed 5 days before Todd was going to start directing that movie yeah entire sets had been built things were in place and watch was out of there producer Christine Vashon called the situation that walking created a nightmare in a Facebook post as his exit meant that yeah the entire crew was out of work and stakeholders were wondering where's my money so here's your chance Wen go for it tell us I think it if I do I would just be sharing my opinion from my perspective um yep that's exactly what we want Wen your perspective on why you left you're the only one that can give it the other creatives aren't here to say their peace you were the creative that didn't say their piece that didn't play the part in this movie it just doesn't feel like that would be right I'm not sure how that would be um helpful oh yes you've certainly proven to always want to be helpful in a situation yes always help out yeah is he still there oh yeah he's still there okay so I just I don't think I will yeah thank you people are speculating why Wen left the project and actually think people are looking at this the entire wrong way I don't think something made Wen leave the project I think something pulled walking away he was part of the Inception of this movie and they hadn't shot a single frame yet like I mean if he had some problem or was worried about some aspect of the movie someone would have an incling of what that was like he would had a conversation with somebody at some point but no no one knows so yeah it wasn't something that caused yeah uh walking leave it was something out there that caused him to yeah go there instead I have no idea what that was like yeah I couldn't even begin to Fathom what that would be yeah what do you think of waen just well I mean he's not changing his tune at all he's going not seeing anything about his departure from Tod H's project