Joaquin Phoenix nearly gave up his villainous role of Commodus in the original “Gladiator.” While discussing the cult classic’s upcoming sequel with the New York Times, director Ridley Scott ...

Joaquin Phoenix caused quite a controversy earlier this year when he abruptly dropped out of Todd Haynes’ next film. It was days before shooting and his exit basically ruined the movie’s ...

Gladiator' was a "baptism of fire for both of us in the beginning," Ridley Scott said of how he and Joaquin Phoenix approached making the 2000 film Getty;Shutterstock According to director Ridley ...

Scott said Joaquin Phoenix nearly refused to play his villainous role, Commodus, in the 2000 action film. "He was in his prince’s outfit saying, ‘I can’t do it.’ I said, ‘What?’ ...

Joaquin Phoenix made his breakout performance in 2000’s Gladiator, which earned him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Nearly 25 years later, director Ridley Scott ...

According to director Ridley Scott, Joaquin Phoenix nearly dropped out of 2000's Gladiator. While Scott, 86, spoke with The New York Times about his new sequel Gladiator II in an interview ...

Moviegoers may not have been able to tell based on the final product, but Joaquin Phoenix wasn’t always comfortable on the set of Gladiator, and according to director Ridley Scott — Russell ...

Ridley Scott has revealed that Russell Crowe was left unimpressed by Gladiator co-star Joaquin Phoenix. The filmmaker, who has returned to direct a sequel 24 years after the original was released ...

"He was in his prince’s outfit saying, 'I can’t do it,'" the director remembers. Joaquin Phoenix recently made headlines for dropping out of a planned gay romance film with director Todd ...

The filmmaker, who has returned to direct a sequel 24 years after the original was released, shared the revelation ahead of question marks surrounding Phoenix ... a friend of Joaquin’s.