Actor Brian Cox wasn’t impressed with fellow actor Joaquin Pheonix’s performance in ‘Napoleon’.
Cox didn’t mince words when talking about Phoenix’s performance, reports ‘People’ magazine.
The ‘Succession’ star, 77, called Joaquin Phoenix’s performance as Napoleon Bonaparte in Ridley Scott’s biopic ‘Napoleon’ “terrible” during a conversation at the British Library in London.
“It really is appalling,” said the Scottish actor of the “truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix,” as reported by ‘The Standard’.
“I don’t know what he was thinking.”
As per ‘People’, Phoenix, 49, played Napoleon Bonaparte in the Oscar-nominated historical drama directed by Scott and written by David Scarpa, released last November.
The ‘Joker’ Oscar winner starred opposite Vanessa Kirby as Josephine de Beauharnais, Tahar Rahim as Paul Barras, Rupert Everett as Arthur Wellesley, and Ben Miles as Armand de Caulaincourt.
In his conversation with moderator Clive Myrie, titled ‘History on Stage and Screen...
Cox didn’t mince words when talking about Phoenix’s performance, reports ‘People’ magazine.
The ‘Succession’ star, 77, called Joaquin Phoenix’s performance as Napoleon Bonaparte in Ridley Scott’s biopic ‘Napoleon’ “terrible” during a conversation at the British Library in London.
“It really is appalling,” said the Scottish actor of the “truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix,” as reported by ‘The Standard’.
“I don’t know what he was thinking.”
As per ‘People’, Phoenix, 49, played Napoleon Bonaparte in the Oscar-nominated historical drama directed by Scott and written by David Scarpa, released last November.
The ‘Joker’ Oscar winner starred opposite Vanessa Kirby as Josephine de Beauharnais, Tahar Rahim as Paul Barras, Rupert Everett as Arthur Wellesley, and Ben Miles as Armand de Caulaincourt.
In his conversation with moderator Clive Myrie, titled ‘History on Stage and Screen...
- 4/18/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
During a history-celebrating festival in the United Kingdom, Scottish actor Brian Cox lost his temper and attacked actors, theater critics, and politicians. Napoleon (2023), helmed by Ridley Scott, was the first flick he targeted. The yearly gathering discusses historical events with academics, educators, and prominent people.
Cox first took issue with Joaquin Phoenix’s depiction of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in Scott’s $221 million historical epic. The actor, who played Logan Roy on Succession for four seasons between 2018 and 2023, spoke candidly about his thoughts on Phoenix’s performance at HistFest, calling it “terrible”. Reacting quickly to Cox’s remarks, fans questioned why a great actor would ‘hate’ another great actor.
Joaquin Phoenix in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon
Take note that the movie was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Visual Effects, Best Costume Design, and Best Production Design.
Brian Cox’s Shady Comments on Joaquin Phoenix’s Performance as Napoleon
Even...
Cox first took issue with Joaquin Phoenix’s depiction of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in Scott’s $221 million historical epic. The actor, who played Logan Roy on Succession for four seasons between 2018 and 2023, spoke candidly about his thoughts on Phoenix’s performance at HistFest, calling it “terrible”. Reacting quickly to Cox’s remarks, fans questioned why a great actor would ‘hate’ another great actor.
Joaquin Phoenix in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon
Take note that the movie was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Visual Effects, Best Costume Design, and Best Production Design.
Brian Cox’s Shady Comments on Joaquin Phoenix’s Performance as Napoleon
Even...
- 4/18/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
When a movie claims that it is ‘based on a true story’, oftentimes, the directors prefer that the audience take this notion with a grain of salt. Real life, unfortunately, is rarely as entertaining as movies and adaptations often have to twist events and add plot points to make the story they are trying to tell, into the format of a script. Arcs are added, intentions are given, and depth is carved to make reality fit into the mold of cinema.
However, the question that arises is where does one draw the line?
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon is the perfect example of a film that took creative freedom too far. In its pursuit of telling a good story, it twists the past to a point of no recognition. The change was so drastic that even historians got involved.
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However, the question that arises is where does one draw the line?
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon is the perfect example of a film that took creative freedom too far. In its pursuit of telling a good story, it twists the past to a point of no recognition. The change was so drastic that even historians got involved.
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- 3/1/2024
- by Ananya Godboley
- FandomWire
Napoleon Actor Joaquin Phoenix (Picture Credit: IMDb)
Joaquin Phoenix is one actor whose versatility has no bounds. From Her to Joker, the actor has time and again proved why he’s one of the best male actors in Hollywood. Last year, the Academy Award winner impressed everyone with her remarkable act in the movie Napoleon. He owned every scene with a supporting cast that was as good as him.
Napoleon was released in theatres on November 22, 2023. The movie received a positive response from the film critics. Since then, many have been waiting for the epic historical drama to drop on a streaming platform. Well, you don’t have to wait longer, as the movie finally has an Ott release date. To read more details about the same, keep reading this space further.
Napoleon Cast and Crew
The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte, Vanessa Kirby as Empress Joséphine, Tahar Rahim as Paul Barras,...
Joaquin Phoenix is one actor whose versatility has no bounds. From Her to Joker, the actor has time and again proved why he’s one of the best male actors in Hollywood. Last year, the Academy Award winner impressed everyone with her remarkable act in the movie Napoleon. He owned every scene with a supporting cast that was as good as him.
Napoleon was released in theatres on November 22, 2023. The movie received a positive response from the film critics. Since then, many have been waiting for the epic historical drama to drop on a streaming platform. Well, you don’t have to wait longer, as the movie finally has an Ott release date. To read more details about the same, keep reading this space further.
Napoleon Cast and Crew
The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte, Vanessa Kirby as Empress Joséphine, Tahar Rahim as Paul Barras,...
- 2/18/2024
- by Pooja Darade
- KoiMoi
After strategically withholding Napoleon from the festival circuit, Ridley Scott went guerilla instead, launching his controversial military epic into cinemas like a carefully-thrown hand grenade. The tactic worked, overriding critical reviews that tore apart its history, its script and even its star, Joaquin Phoenix, to give Scott a $200 million worldwide gross. Overlooked in the fallout was a terrific performance by Rupert Everett as the Duke of Wellington, the stiff-upper-lip Brit who proves to be Napoleon’s nemesis at the Battle of Waterloo. Here, the laconic British actor reflects on the influences that fed into his portrayal of the Iron Duke.
Deadline: How did you get involved with the Napoleon project?
Rupert Everett: It just came up out of the blue. I love Ridley Scott, so I was thrilled to take part, really. I’m a fan of the Duke of Wellington too, so it was exciting.
Deadline: What was your take on Wellington?...
Deadline: How did you get involved with the Napoleon project?
Rupert Everett: It just came up out of the blue. I love Ridley Scott, so I was thrilled to take part, really. I’m a fan of the Duke of Wellington too, so it was exciting.
Deadline: What was your take on Wellington?...
- 1/13/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Top: Napoleon (Gaumont), Middle: Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Orion Pictures), Bottom: Napoleon Bunny-Part (Warner Bros. Pictures)Graphic: The A.V. Club
Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 21, 1821, but the iconic French emperor has lived on (and on and on) in numerous movies and television shows. Esteemed director Ridley Scott, who...
Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 21, 1821, but the iconic French emperor has lived on (and on and on) in numerous movies and television shows. Esteemed director Ridley Scott, who...
- 11/24/2023
- by Ian Spelling
- avclub.com
The end-of-the-year awards contenders naturally include several biographical films, usually, they’re intimate tales of triumph and tragedy, such as Nyad and the upcoming Maestro. This holiday offering has that crossed with another genre, namely that it’s also a big sweeping historical epic. Fitting, since its subject made a huge impact on the entire world two centuries ago. In the director’s chair is a filmmaker known for such big, broad sagas, though he’s done several smaller dramas. And he’s comfortable setting his films in the far distant past and the far distant future. Here he’s flexing his considerable skills as he reunites with a former acting collaborator to tell the spectacular story of Napoleon.
It doesn’t begin with the title subject’s childhood, instead taking us right into France’s “Reign of Terror”, just in time for a royal appointment with “the blade”. Soon after,...
It doesn’t begin with the title subject’s childhood, instead taking us right into France’s “Reign of Terror”, just in time for a royal appointment with “the blade”. Soon after,...
- 11/21/2023
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It seems that every acclaimed director is trying to do his best to make a ‘practical’ film, that contains low to none of CGI shots. Now it’s the turn of the great Scott. In an interview, the ‘Napoleon’ director explains what it takes to shoot ultra complicated ‘practical’ fight scenes, utilizing a minimum amount of CGI and VFX plates.
Behind the scenes of “Napoleon”. The Arri Alexa Lf. picture: Sony Pictures Entertainment No-cgi is the new trend
We discussed a lot on this. Top-notch directors are doing their best to make a big-budget action film with minimum utilization of CGI. We saw this on the most acclaimed mega projects. For instance, Tom Cruise was bragging about Top Gun: Maverick minimizing CGI and VFX (although we’ve seen that it’s not very accurate). Nolan’s Oppenheimer is maybe one of the most solid references for zero CGI, by implementing...
Behind the scenes of “Napoleon”. The Arri Alexa Lf. picture: Sony Pictures Entertainment No-cgi is the new trend
We discussed a lot on this. Top-notch directors are doing their best to make a big-budget action film with minimum utilization of CGI. We saw this on the most acclaimed mega projects. For instance, Tom Cruise was bragging about Top Gun: Maverick minimizing CGI and VFX (although we’ve seen that it’s not very accurate). Nolan’s Oppenheimer is maybe one of the most solid references for zero CGI, by implementing...
- 11/15/2023
- by Yossy Mendelovich
- YMCinema
After releasing two films back to back in 2021 – The Last Duel and House of Gucci – legendary British filmmaker Ridley Scott returns with one of the most anticipated productions of the year. His latest film is an epic historical drama that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleon features a breathtakingly precise performance by Joaquin Phoenix as the Corsica-born historical figure. Elsewhere, Vanessa Kirby delivers an exhilarating turn as his wife, Empress Josephine. The film is a joint production between Sony Pictures Releasing and Apple Original Films, with a longer version of the production said to be making its way to Apple TV+ later.
After the French revolution of 1789, France was plunged into a period of chaos and anarchy which led to the demise of several French aristocratic families and their supporters. After a series of successful military wins against the Brits, a young Napoleon...
Napoleon features a breathtakingly precise performance by Joaquin Phoenix as the Corsica-born historical figure. Elsewhere, Vanessa Kirby delivers an exhilarating turn as his wife, Empress Josephine. The film is a joint production between Sony Pictures Releasing and Apple Original Films, with a longer version of the production said to be making its way to Apple TV+ later.
After the French revolution of 1789, France was plunged into a period of chaos and anarchy which led to the demise of several French aristocratic families and their supporters. After a series of successful military wins against the Brits, a young Napoleon...
- 11/15/2023
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Actor John Malkovich is in Berlin to debut his latest pic Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes, and during a press conference Monday, he spoke to reporters about his relationship with his co-star, Julian Sands, who has been missing since January.
“Julian and I were very, very close,” Malkovich told reporters in Berlin.
“I’m a godfather to his first son from his first marriage to Sarah, who I know very well. I introduced him to his second wife, and we have been close since we met in 1983 on the set of The Killing Fields. It’s a very sad event.”
Related: Deadline’s Berlin Film Festival Coverage
Sands was reported missing on January 13 after he failed to return from a hiking expedition in California. Several searches by public and private parties have already been carried out. The actor is also an experienced hiker.
John Malkovich, Julian Sands, ‘The Killing...
“Julian and I were very, very close,” Malkovich told reporters in Berlin.
“I’m a godfather to his first son from his first marriage to Sarah, who I know very well. I introduced him to his second wife, and we have been close since we met in 1983 on the set of The Killing Fields. It’s a very sad event.”
Related: Deadline’s Berlin Film Festival Coverage
Sands was reported missing on January 13 after he failed to return from a hiking expedition in California. Several searches by public and private parties have already been carried out. The actor is also an experienced hiker.
John Malkovich, Julian Sands, ‘The Killing...
- 2/20/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
If there's one thing the British can't get enough of, it's our own eccentricity and The Duke stems from a fine lineage that also includes the likes of Calendar Girls, Kinky Boots and The Phantom Of The Open. Roger Michell's final fiction feature before his death, at 65, last year, is a gentle charmer that centres on the true and bizarre story of the 1961 theft of Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from London's National Gallery.
Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent), is more likely lad than likely thief. An ageing radical, with playwrighting aspirations, he lives with his wife Dorothy in Benwell, near the banks of the River Tyne. In the sort of move that perfectly encapsulated his character, he has removed the BBC coil from his telly while refusing to pay the licence fee as part of a...
Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent), is more likely lad than likely thief. An ageing radical, with playwrighting aspirations, he lives with his wife Dorothy in Benwell, near the banks of the River Tyne. In the sort of move that perfectly encapsulated his character, he has removed the BBC coil from his telly while refusing to pay the licence fee as part of a...
- 6/11/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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