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Joaquin Phoenix almost made a comeback that no one could have predicted. Prior to the new Bob Dylan biopic titled A Complete Unknown, the only notable time that someone tried to take on the persona of Johnny Cash for a movie was Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line. His role as the "Man In Black" was widely respected, and it obviously helped to make the 2005 film a hit. And just to be clear before I move on, Phoenix undoubtedly nailed the Folsom Prison performance that they recreated in the movie. Funny enough, the man who directed that movie - James Mangold - is also the director of the recent Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which hit theaters on Christmas Day. Once fans found out that Johnny Cash would be included in the biopic, they quickly became excited to see the country legend portrayed once again on the big screen. And since it was the same director, chances are that if you liked what Mangold did with Johnny Cash in Walk the Line, you’ll also respect what he does with Cash in A Complete Unknown. This time around though, the country legend was played by American actor Boyd Holbrook, who has previously starred in Narcos, and movies like Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and The Bikeriders. He did a great job with the small-but-crucial role in the film, though it's interesting to hear that the director almost called upon Joaquin Phoenix to play Cash once again. Mangold told Business Insider that he was close to giving Phoenix a call, especially since he would have already been very familiar with taking on the character of Johnny Cash. However, after mulling it over, the director decided that it didn't make much sense to bring back an older actor to play a younger version of Johnny Cash: "The thought occurred to me. But then I realized he'd be 20 to 30 years too old to be playing the part." The mind behind A Complete Unknown was then asked if he ever considered bringing Joaquin Phoenix back and utilizing some of the modern movie technologies like CGI or de-aging, or just using heavy amounts of makeup to make the Academy Award winning actor look like the right age. Mangold pretty much shot that thought down immediately, saying he didn't set out to create a "Johnny Cash-Bob Dylan Universe" with his two films: "Okay, but then what am I servicing? This kind of meta-movie universe stuff that has plagued us enough? I'm a big fan of making a movie and giving the public the movie. Don't try to suture the movie to another movie, just own it. Otherwise movies just become this hyper-expensive television series in which we never stop making new episodes every couple of years." Can't blame him for saying that. It really just seems as though Mangold made two separate movies that just so happened to include a crossing of paths with the former music icon he focused on with Walk the Line. Would fans have enjoyed seeing Phoenix return as Johnny Cash? Probably so. But would it have made sense? Probably not. Although, if they did get Phoenix to play him, they would've had to leave him out of the trailer and make it a complete surprise... would've been incredible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdV-Cs5o8mc