Actor Brian Cox wasn't impressed with fellow actor Joaquin Pheonix's performance in 'Napoleon'.
Actor Brian Cox wasn't impressed with fellow actor Joaquin Pheonix's performance in 'Napoleon'.
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 Phoenix바카라s performance as Napoleon Bonaparte in Ridley Scott's biopic 'Napoleon' 바카라terrible바카라 during a conversation at the British Library in London.
바카라It really is appalling,바카라 said the Scottish actor of the 바카라truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix,바카라 as reported by 'The Standard'.
바카라I don바카라t 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 said of Napoleon바카라s lead role, 바카라I would have played it a lot better than Joaquin Phoenix, I tell you that."
He added that the blame was on Phoenix, adding, 바카라I don바카라t think Ridley Scott helps him바카라 as the film바카라s helmer.
Cox said: 바카라I think he바카라s well-named. Joaquin바카라 whack-een... whacky. It바카라s a sort of whacky performance."
With regards to the historical accuracy of 'Napoleon' and other epics like it, Cox reportedly said: 바카라You can say it바카라s good drama. No 바카라 it바카라s lies.바카라
He also called the 1995 Best Picture Oscar winner 'Braveheart' as 바카라a load of nonsense바카라, adding that director-star Mel Gibson 바카라was wonderful, but it바카라s a load of lies".