Actor Joaquin Phoenix, known for his villainous role Commodus in "Gladiator," almost dropped out of the film, director Ridley ...

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

The Best Picture Oscar winner "was a baptism of fire for both of us in the beginning," the director says ahead of "Gladiator ...

Gladiator' was a "baptism of fire for both of us in the beginning," Ridley Scott said of how he and Joaquin Phoenix ...

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

Joaquin Phoenix revealed for the first time during a recent interview on “Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin” that he was approached to play the Joker by Christopher Nolan for 2008’s “The Dark ...

The film starred Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix, but it was nearly close to losing the latter because the actor got cold ...

Phoenix does not recall how seriously Nolan considered him for the role that went to Heath Ledger, and he isn't sure he would have taken it if it was offered to him. “I remember I talked to ...

By Christy Piña Associate Editor Phoenix sat down for Rick Rubin’s Tetragrammaton podcast (below), for a more than two-hour conversation, where the actor explained that he spoke to Nolan about ...

After wasting Todd Haynes’ time and, subsequently, the precious time of Joker: Folie À Deux‘s meager audience, Joaquin Phoenix is now just talking about other, better Jokers he may have ...

Joaquin Phoenix reveals he was approached by Christopher Nolan to discuss playing the Joker in 'The Dark Knight', a role eventually portrayed by Heath Ledger, who won an Oscar posthumously.