Ridley Scott reflected on the rocky start between his two lead actors, Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix, when filming ...

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

Gladiator director Ridley Scott says he had to persuade Joaquin Phoenix to stay on the first ... But the sequel does not feature Australian actor Russell Crowe, who won an Oscar for his starring ...

Crowe headlined “Gladiator” as Maximus, with Phoenix starring as the villainous Commodus. Both actors earned Oscar nominations, with Crowe winning the best actor prize. “[Joaquin] was in his ...

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

Russell Crowe felt his Gladiator co-star Joaquin Phoenix was "terribly unprofessional". The stars of the original Gladiator ...

“Gladiator was a baptism of fire for both of us in the beginning.” Actor Joaquin Phoenix wanted to quit the original Gladiator film. Co-star Russell Crowe wasn’t having it and blasted ...

Oscar winning-actor Joaquin Phoenix, who played the villainous Roman emperor Commodus in the 2000 film Gladiator, was told he was being ‘unprofessional’ by Russell Crowe on the sets of the ...