The Succession actor would have staged a coup and taken over the role from Joaquin Phoenix if he could, just like a certain French emperor in 1799
If Brian Cox were the one launching cannonballs at the pyramids with Ridley Scott , it wouldn’t have gone down like it did. This revelation comes from Brian Cox himself, who launched into a veritable tirade against the director’s Napoleon at a history event panel in London this week, with some extra, seemingly unprompted vitriol towards the film’s leading man. “Terrible. It’s terrible. A truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix . It really is appalling,” he said .
But Cox wasn’t just speaking as a critic. “I would have played it a lot better than Joaquin Phoenix, I tell you that,” he went on. “I think he’s well named. Joaquin…wackeen... wacky. It’s a sort of wacky performance.” This is obviously a wild statement even for a certified hater like Brian Cox, but apart from the fact that he’s probably too scary to play a figure as often pathetic as Bonaparte , he’s also far too old.
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