But I'm quite a friend of Joaquin's. 'Gladiator' was a baptism of fire for both of us in the beginning." Whatever anxiety ...

Director Ridley Scott shared a heated behind-the-scenes moment from the film "Gladiator." Scott said Joaquin Phoenix nearly refused to play his villainous role, Commodus, in the 2000 action film.

“You have not been corrupted by the politics,” the emperor says. Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus in 'Gladiator' (2000). Aurelius was right to distrust his son, because once Commodus learns that he ...

Director Ridley Scott, in an interview with "The New York Times," revealed that Joaquin Phoenix had numerous doubts during the filming of "Gladiator," which drew criticism from Russell Crowe.

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 ...

However, there is a strong argument for Joaquin Phoenix as the winner of Gladiator. Compared to Crowe, Phoenix has a harder task of making the audience despise him from the second he walks on screen.

Gladiator director Ridley Scott says he had to persuade Joaquin Phoenix to stay on the first movie, after the Joker star threatened to quit. Phoenix, 50, played the corrupt Roman emperor Commodus ...

Joaquin Phoenix once revealed he saw something special in the story of Scarlett Johansson-led 2013 movie Her and eventually ...

Scott’s decision to tweak history for the film’s climax paid off. In Gladiator, Commodus’ death was more poetic—he was killed by Maximus in a final fight, with the Praetorian Guard turning their backs ...

The action-packed drama, which was recently revived for a sequel, will air on BBC Three tonight and is available to stream ...