Brian Cox slams Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘appalling’ acting in ‘Napoleon’: ‘A truly terrible performance’
nypost.com2023 historical drama “Napoleon.”“It’s terrible,” the “Succession” star, 77, said at London’s HistFest earlier this week. “A truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix.” The English actor continued: “It really is appalling.
I don’t know what he was thinking. I think it’s totally his fault and I don’t think [director] Ridley Scott helps him. “I would have played it a lot better than Joaquin Phoenix, I tell you that.
You can say it’s good drama. No — it’s lies. I think he’s well named. Joaquin … wackeen … wacky. It’s a sort of wacky performance,” he went on about the pronunciation of Phoenix’s name.“Napoleon” starred Vanessa Kirby as the military commander’s lover and wife, Joséphine Bonaparte, and focused on the 19th century Frenchman’s rise to power.Cox also reacted to Mel Gibson’s 1995 period drama “Braveheart,” taking a swipe at the historical aspect of it.“ ’Braveheart’ is a load of nonsense,” the “X2” star said. “Mel Gibson was wonderful but it’s a load of lies.
He never impregnated the French princess. It is a bollocks that film.”Cox appeared in the film as Argyle Wallace.Last February, Cox even dissed former “Succession” co-star Jeremy Strong’s method acting technique in an interview with Town & Country.“He’s a very good actor.
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