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

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

Joaquin Phoenix nearly dropped out of 2000's Gladiator. While Scott, 86, spoke with The New York Times about his new sequel ...

"He was in his prince’s outfit saying, 'I can’t do it,'" the director remembers. Joaquin Phoenix recently made headlines for ...

Try not to get your toga in a twist – but early reactions to Ridley Scott’s long-awaited Gladiator II have hit the internet.

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 level,” Ridley Scott said of finishing “Gladiator II” while ...

Phoenix made headlines over the summer after backing out of a gay romance flick directed by Todd Haynes just five days before filming began.

Scott addressed the topic in a new interview with The New York Times, in which he was actually discussing Barry Keoghan, who had to drop out of Gladiator II. “Barry is one of the good ones, the same ...

Joaquin Phoenix was told he was being “unprofessional” by Russell ... Filmmaker Ridley, 86, who has just released ‘Gladiator ...

Scott praised Keoghan’s performance in Saltburn, saying, “I think that’s maybe the best film I’ve seen this year.” ...

Gladiator director Ridley Scott has given insight into why Irish actor Barry Keoghan departed the Gladiator II movie.