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Joaquin Phoenix "didn't really belong" in 'Doctor Strange'. The 49-year-old actor was once eyed to play the lead role in the Marvel movie - but director Scott Derrickson now admits that Benedict Cumberbatch is much more suited to the part. Scott, 57, told SlashFilm: "I met with a bunch of actors, and Joaquin was the one that I spent the most time with. "As we continued to talk, it became clear to me that Joaquin didn't really belong in that movie and probably never belonged in the MCU. "He's a very specific guy with very specific goals as an actor, and a very specific way of performing. I thin...
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Brian Cox has slammed Joaquin Phoenix’s portrayal of Napoleon as “truly terrible”. The outspoken actor, 77, who has spent years sharing his fiery views on other actors’ personalities, behaviour on set and performances, also declared he could have played the part of the French Emperor a “lot better” than 49-year-old ‘Gladiator’ star Joaquin. He said during a live talk hosted by the Evening Standard about Joaquin’s portrayal: “It’s terrible. A truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix. It really is appalling. I don’t know what he was thinking.” Brian added he was convinced Joaquin’s Napoleon...
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Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone and more have joined 'Eddington'. The upcoming Western from filmmaker Ari Aster is set to start production this month, and the director has brought together an all-star cast for the blockbuster. Film studio A24 wrote on X (formerly Twitter): "Welcome to EDDINGTON. "Ari Aster's contemporary western starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Luke Grimes, Austin Butler, Deirdre O'Connell, Michael Ward and Clifton Collins Jr. is coming soon." Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the movie - which is expected to be a Western Noir comedy with Phoenix in t...
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Rooney Mara is expecting her second child with Joaquin Phoenix. The 38-year-old actress cradled her bonny baby bump at the premiere of La Cocina at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany on Friday (16.02.24) in a loosely draping satin gown. The 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' star and the 'Joker' star, 49 — who secretly got engaged in 2019 — already have son River, who was born in 2020, and is named in memory of Joaquin's beloved late brother, who tragically died of an overdose aged 23 in 1993. He famously starred in movies such as 'My Own Private Idaho' and 'Stand By Me'. The couple rarely talk ab...
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Vanessa Kirby had to “pull back [her] own personality” while filming ‘Napoleon’. The 35-year-old actress stars opposite Joaquin Phoenix as the titular emperor’s wife Josephine and she felt she needed to “repress” herself in order to accurately portray the troubled empress, who was ousted from her marriage after being unable to bear children. Vanessa told Britain’s HELLO! magazine: “I felt like I had to bring less of myself and actually pull back my own personality a lot. “Josephine was so enigmatic and unusual. “She had to repress her feelings in order to survive, so that is how I approached p...
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Vanessa Kirby used "creative licence" for her portrayal of Empress Josephine in 'Napoleon'. The 35-year-old actress features in Sir Ridley Scott's historical epic as the wife of Joaquin Phoenix's ruthless French Emperor and explained how she took certain liberties in bringing the historical figure to life. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the film's UK premiere on Thursday (16.11.23), Vanessa said: "As with any fictional interpretation, who they are onscreen and compared to the history, there's always creative licence. "It's like in 'The Crown' (in which she played Princess Margaret in th...
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Sir Ridley Scott fears it's too "late" for him to win an Oscar and he's decided his health is "far more important". The 85-year-old 'Blade Runner' director has yet to take home a coveted Academy Award despite spending more than 30 years in the movie industry, but he's adamant there are more important things in life to worry about than whether he's going to win a trophy for his work. He told the Sunday Times newspaper: "We'll it's a bit late for me [to win an Oscar]. I care more about being well enough to cope with what I'm doing, so my health is far more important than a f****** gong." The dir...
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'Joker 2' is "a big swing" and will be "really surprising to people". That's according to cinematographer Lawrence Sher, who has revealed the follow-up to 2019's 'Joker' - the DC psychological thriller starring Joaquin Phoenix in the titular role as the mentally ill clown who goes on a murdering spree - is almost complete. He told Definition Magazine: “Something I appreciate about [director] Todd Phillips — who I’ve done seven movies with, including Joker — is that he’s always taking risks. “We’ve got the new Joker coming out next year and we’re just finishing up post-production on it. This mo...
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Ridley Scott's four-hour 'Napoleon' director's cut will be released to streaming audiences. The 85-year-old director has confirmed that an extended version of his upcoming historical epic – which features Joaquin Phoenix as the French emperor – will be available to viewers on Apple TV+ once the picture has been released in cinemas. Ridley told Total Film magazine: "I'm working on it. It was four (hours) 10 (minutes) this morning. And so what will happen is, we'll screen (the theatrical cut) first with Sony, and then it has its run, and then the perfect thing is that (the director's cut) goes t...
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Todd Haynes is still desperate to make his Peggy Lee biopic 'Fever'. The 62-year-old director had been set to make a movie that featured Michelle Williams as the legendary singer before the project was scrapped last year for financial reasons, although he is refusing to give up hope that it will eventually come to the big screen. Todd told IndieWire at the New York Film Festival: "When it couldn't happen – when we thought it could happen and it was close to pre-production – it was tough. "It's still a tender spot for all of us. We really put so much time and thought into it. And then I just ha...
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