Mangold has depictedCash again more recently inA Complete Unknown, though Phoenix did not return to the role.

Although the offer is Crowe’s “dream role,” it was ultimately not meant to be.

Crowe explained that he rejected the biopic because he adores Johnny Cash and his music.

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That is what the acting is for.

But the music is, selfishly, about my songs.

Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June on stage in Walk The Line

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