Ridley Scott has revealed that Russell Crowe was left unimpressed by Gladiator co-star Joaquin Phoenix. The filmmaker, who ...

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

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

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

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 ... Scott recalled as his reaction. “And Russell [Crowe] said, ...

Like deciding on Joaquin, it’s worth it,” Scott said. This led to a discussion about Phoenix’s attempt to quit the first ...

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

As he said he was planning to quit the project, Joaquin Phoenix was told he was being “unprofessional” by Russell Crowe on ...

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

And Russell [Crowe] said, 'This is terribly unprofessional'." The 86-year-old filmmaker said he used his closeness to Phoenix ...