{"id":2224210,"date":"2024-04-18T13:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/succession-star-slams-joaquin-phoenixs-truly-terrible-performance-as-napoleon-i-would-have-played-it-a-lot-better\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T13:40:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:40:07","slug":"succession-star-slams-joaquin-phoenixs-truly-terrible-performance-as-napoleon-i-would-have-played-it-a-lot-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/succession-star-slams-joaquin-phoenixs-truly-terrible-performance-as-napoleon-i-would-have-played-it-a-lot-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Succession&#8217; Actor Criticizes Joaquin Phoenix&#8217;s Portrayal of Napoleon as &#8216;Truly Terrible&#8217;: Claims &#8216;I Could Have Done It Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsuccession-star-slams-joaquin-phoenixs-truly-terrible-performance-as-napoleon-i-would-have-played-it-a-lot-better%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2224210&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Brian\u200c Cox of &#8216;Succession&#8217; openly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-suspends-demonetizes-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"YouTube Suspends, Demonetizes One America News Network\">criticized<\/a> Joaquin Phoenix&#8217;s acting in\u2063 Ridley\u200c Scott&#8217;s &#8216;Napoleon,&#8217; terming \u200cit as &#8216;truly terrible.&#8217; Cox expressed his \u2064confidence that he could have delivered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disneys-gloomy-little-mermaid-remake-couldnt-dull-halle-baileys-shine\/\" title=\"Halle Bailey shines in Disney's dark 'Little Mermaid' remake.\">superior performance<\/a>. He also highlighted his disapproval of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-franciscos-woke-school-board-may-decide-against-renaming-racist-schools\/\" title=\"San Francisco\u2019s \u2018Woke\u2019 School Board May Decide Against Renaming \u2018Racist\u2019 Schools\">historical inaccuracies<\/a> in films, \u200dcalling out &#8216;Braveheart.&#8217; Cox&#8217;s remarks were made at \u200bLondon&#8217;s \u2063HistFest and reported by \u200bThe Standard. Brian Cox from\u200c &#8216;Succession&#8217; criticized Joaquin Phoenix&#8217;s performance in Ridley Scott&#8217;s &#8216;Napoleon&#8217;\u2062 as &#8216;truly terrible,&#8217; stating he could have\u200b done better.\u2062 Additionally, he criticized historical inaccuracies \u200din films like &#8216;Braveheart.&#8217; Cox made \u2063these remarks at London&#8217;s\u2062 HistFest, which were reported by The Standard.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSuccession\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">actor<\/a> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brian Cox<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> had some words of criticism for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joaquin-phoenix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joaquin Phoenix<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, saying he would have done a better job as the lead in Ridley Scott\u2019s historical drama \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/movies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Napoleon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 77-year-old actor called Phoenix\u2019s performance \u201cterrible\u201d at London\u2019s HistFest, per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/londoners-diary\/brian-cox-joaquin-phoenix-terrible-napoleon-i-would-have-played-it-better-b1151473.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Standard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cA truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix,\u201d Cox said. \u201cIt really is appalling. I don\u2019t know what he was thinking. I think it\u2019s totally his fault and I don\u2019t think Ridley Scott helps him. I would have played it a lot better than Joaquin Phoenix, I tell you that. You can say it\u2019s good drama. No \u2014 it\u2019s lies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He added, \u201cI think he\u2019s well-named. Joaquin \u2026 wackeen \u2026 wacky. It\u2019s a sort of wacky performance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u201cSuccession\u201d star also lamented historical inaccuracies present in films more generally. \u201c\u2019Braveheart\u2019 is a load of nonsense,\u201d the actor said of the 1995 film starring Mel Gibson, which Cox also appeared in. \u201cMel Gibson was wonderful but it\u2019s a load of lies. He never impregnated the French princess. It is a bollocks [sic] that film.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scott previously responded harshly to French critics trashing his film. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLike all history, it\u2019s been reported. Napoleon dies, then, 10 years later, someone writes a book. Then someone takes that book and writes another book and so, 400 years later there\u2019s a lot of imagination [in history books],\u201d Scott told The Times in November 2023, as The Daily Wire previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ridley-scott-responds-to-french-critics-slamming-napoleon-shut-the-f-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen I have issues with historians, I ask: \u2018Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the f*** up then,\u2019\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1713449380053000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0e-HYFsZYxlnnLDshKhFqj\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cNapoleon\u201d has grossed $221 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics. The film was\u00a0 praised for having realistic battle sequences and performances, but was criticized for the narrative\u2019s historical inaccuracies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was nominated for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Visual Effects at the 96th Academy Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/10\/ridley-scott-napoleon-joaquin-phoenix-casting-joker-gladiator-1235566587\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> he was torn between Phoenix and another unnamed actor to play the main role, but was \u201cblown away\u201d by Phoenix\u2019s performance in \u201cJoker\u201d (2019) and ultimately decided that Phoenix would be an \u201camazing asset\u201d for the film. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a London event, Brian Cox from &#8220;Succession&#8221; criticized Joaquin Phoenix&#8217;s performance in Ridley Scott&#8217;s &#8220;Napoleon,&#8221; labeling it as &#8220;truly terrible.&#8221; The 77-year-old actor claimed he could have done a better job, expressing his dissatisfaction with Phoenix&#8217;s portrayal at HistFest, according to The Standard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2224211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Brian-Cox-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2224210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Brian-Cox-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2224211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}