From his lack of curiosity in Jeremy Robust’s Technique appearing to his distaste for Warner Bros. Discovery’s dealing with of Turner Basic Motion pictures, Brian Cox has by no means been a person who hides his true opinions. The newest goal of his colourful ire? Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.”
In a latest look at HitsFest in London (by way of The Normal), Cox made it clear that he was no fan of Scott’s movie, which starred Joaquin Phoenix because the eponymous French general-turned-emperor. Whereas the “Succession” star didn’t have something redeeming to say concerning the movie as a complete, he positioned many of the blame on Phoenix for his efficiency.
“It’s horrible,” Cox mentioned of the movie. “A really horrible efficiency by Joaquin Phoenix. It truly is appalling. I don’t know what he was considering. I feel it’s completely his fault and I don’t suppose Ridley Scott helps him. I’d have performed it rather a lot higher than Joaquin Phoenix, I inform you that. You possibly can say it’s good drama. No — it’s lies.”
Cox went on to mock Phoenix’s title, suggesting that the phonetic similarities between “Joaquin” and “wacky” converse to the strangeness of the efficiency.
“I feel he’s effectively named,” he mentioned of Phoenix. “Joaquin… wackeen… wacky. It’s a type of wacky efficiency.”
“Napoleon” wasn’t the one historic epic in Cox’s crosshairs throughout the occasion. He went on to criticize Mel Gibson’s “Braveheart,” which he seems in, for the liberties it takes with Scottish historical past.
“’Braveheart’ is a load of nonsense,” he mentioned. “Mel Gibson was great nevertheless it’s a load of lies. He by no means impregnated the French princess. It’s bollocks, that movie.”