Gwyneth Paltrow to Joaquin Phoenix: 'Go live in the projects'?

Many people believe that Joaquin Phoenix's recent retirement from acting and his launching a hip-hop career could all be an intricate ruse (a la Andy Kaufman).

Gwyneth Paltrow, who starred with him in his last film, "Two Lovers," is confused too.

"I think that there might be some other explanation or something going on. I'm not quite sure what, but I can't believe that he's really going to quit [acting] forever to become a rapper," she told MTV UK at a "Two Lovers" junket. "It seems odd."