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 ...

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

Oscar winning-actor Joaquin Phoenix, who played the villainous Roman emperor Commodus in the 2000 film“Gladiator”, was told ...

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 ...

Director Ridley Scott shared how Joaquin Phoenix almost left 'Gladiator' but was convinced to stay by friend-like persuasion.