Ridley Scott says actor Joaquin Phoenix had second thoughts about playing Commodus in Gladiator II, but he managed to ...

"I was the one dragging my feet," Scott said of developing the sequel in 2014. "I was like, 'I dunno about this.'" ...

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

Ridley Scott explains a conversation to convince Joaquin Phoenix to stay aboard "Gladiator" after the actor expressed doubts.

Ridley Scott recalled Joaquin Phoenix saying 'I can’t do it' at one point during the production of 2000's original 'Gladiator ...

Gladiator” director Ridley Scott recently told The New York Times that Russell Crowe said Joaquin Phoenix was being “terribly ...

Ridley Scott had to stop Joaquin Phoenix, from dropping out of 2000 epic "Gladiator," the director said in an interview ...

Scott addressed the topic in a new interview with The New York Times, in which he was actually discussing Barry Keoghan, who ...

The director Ridley Scott has revealed he found Joaquin Phoenix to be difficult on set. The actor even threatened to quit the ...

"[Joaquin] was in his prince’s outfit saying, 'I can’t do it,'" Scott recalled, "I said, 'What?' And Russell said, 'This is ...

Director Ridley Scott returned to ancient Rome for the upcoming Gladiator II, arriving more than two decades after the ...