widowed Confucian

"The show is not about his personal life," says series creator and executive producer David Shore, "but you get curious about that, so we wanted to get a greater glimpse into who this guy was. . Joaquin Phoenix belts out country classics as the late Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line," a portrait of the singer's early success, drug addiction and long courtship with the love of his life, June Carter (

Reese Witherspoon).