Starting over
The family separated then; Phoenix was the only one of his siblings who moved with his father to South America, while his three sisters moved with their mother back to Florida. It took time before Phoenix finally decided he was ready to return to the screens.
Ever since his return to the screens, two years after losing his brother and role model, Phoenix was regularly cast in minor roles, for characters of conflicted, insecure men with a dark side – a role that seemed fitting to his personal state. You could say that his second time around in the industry wasn’t off to a great start, until his role in the drama To Die For.