Ridley Scottwas illuminated to castJoaquin PhoenixinNapoleonafter seeing him inJoker.
TheGladiatordirector reunited with Commodus in the film about the historical French leader.
Im staring at Joaquin and saying, This little demon is Napoleon Bonaparte.
Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in ‘Joker’Niko Tavernise / Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection
He looks like him, Scott toldEmpire Magazine.
Scott says that he compares Napoleon with Alexander The Great.
Listen, hes got a lot of bad shit under his belt.
He was extraordinary, the filmmaker added.
I was so young.
It was my first big production.
I really yearned for that experience again, or something similar, Phoenix added.
And so I really liked the idea of jumping into something with Ridley that was going to be that.
The director continued, Oh God, I said, Come in, sit down.
We sat for ten days, all day, talking scene by scene.
In a sense, we rehearsed.
Absolutely detail by detail.
