Nearly 25 years later, 'Gladiator' director Ridley Scott revealed that Joaquin Phoenix almost backed out of his ...

Gladiator' was a "baptism of fire for both of us in the beginning," Ridley Scott said of how he and Joaquin Phoenix ...

Joaquin Phoenix tried quitting “Gladiator” mid-shoot before being persuaded to stay by Ridley Scott, the director said in an ...

director Ridley Scott shared a memory of Phoenix getting on costar Russell Crowe's nerves on the set of the original ...

"Gladiator" director Ridley Scott recently told The New York Times (via Entertainment Weekly) that Russell Crowe told Joaquin ...

Joaquin Phoenix nearly walked away from his iconic role as Commodus in Gladiator, director Ridley Scott recently revealed.

Joaquin Phoenix caused quite a controversy earlier this year when ... and the trick is learning how to convince him to do it—and Ridley Scott knows the trick. Scott addressed the topic in a new ...

Director Ridley Scott recalled how actor Joaquin Phoenix had to be convinced to stay in the film ‘Gladiator’, reported Page Six. “He was in his prince’s outfit saying, ‘I can’t do it.’ I said, ‘What?' ...

The director speaks his mind on rejected sequel ideas, Joaquin Phoenix’s plan to quit the original and working with a “fractious” Denzel Washington. “I feel alive when I’m doing something at this ...

Star Joaquin Phoenix almost walked away from 'Napoleon' until Ridley Scott brought in Paul Thomas Anderson to punch up the ...

Director Ridley Scott reveals Joaquin Phoenix’s cold feet on Gladiator; Russell Crowe calls it ‘unprofessional ...

Joaquin Phoenix had hesitations about his now iconic role in the 2000 historical epic Gladiator, and almost dropped out, ...