Gladiator, Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix

"Gladiator" director Ridley Scott recently told The New York Times (via Entertainment Weekly) that Russell Crowe told ...
Joaquin Phoenix nearly gave up his villainous role ... Scott recalled. “And Russell [Crowe] said, ‘This is terribly unprofessional.'” When asked how he persuaded Phoenix, 50, to stay ...
The movie’s director, Ridley Scott, spoke to The New York Times before the upcoming release of “Gladiator II” and revealed ...
Moviegoers may not have been able to tell based on the final product, but Joaquin Phoenix wasn’t always comfortable on ...