During a live talk in London, the ‘Succession’ star went off on Phoenix’s “appalling” take on the emperor and claimed that he would have been a better choice: “I would have played it a lot better than Joaquin Phoenix, I tell you that.”
The Succession star reportedly launched into his diatribe against the Joker star’s take on Napoleon Bonaparte during a live talk at London’s HistFest, a multiday event celebrating the intersection of the arts, academics, and history. “Terrible. It’s terrible,” Cox said of the Ridley Scott film. “A truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix .” Even after using the word terrible three times, Cox was far from finished. “It really is appalling,” said Cox. “I don’t know what he was thinking.
The veteran stage performer, who’s currently starring on the West End in Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, also had spicy things to say about theater critics, specifically ones comparing his take on James Tyrone Sr. to Logan Roy. “It’s stupid! Why make that comparison? It’s so obvious,” he said. “Most critics are stupid. They really are. Theater criticism has gone right down the tubes. You think of those wonderful critics of the past, there’s nobody to match them now.
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