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Why Joaquin Phoenix Waited 23 Years after ‘Gladiator’ to Reunite with Ridley Scott for ‘Napoleon’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: It's been twenty three years since filmmaker Ridley Scott and
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Speaker 2: Joaquin Phoenix made the iconic action epic Gladiator, with Joaquin
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Speaker 2: playing the Emperor Commitus, and they've teamed back up with
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Speaker 2: Joaquin once again playing an emperor one even more notorious
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Speaker 2: in the upcoming saga Napoleon. There are many similarities between
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Speaker 2: the two projects, which is one of the reasons Joaquin
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Speaker 2: found the opportunity to work on it. Simply irresistible, he
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Speaker 2: tells Empire. The truth is, there was just a very
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Speaker 2: nostalgic idea of working with Ridley again. I had such
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Speaker 2: an incredible experience working with Ridley on Gladiator. I was
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Speaker 2: so young, it was my first big production. I really
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Speaker 2: yearned for that experience again or something similar. He'd approached
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Speaker 2: me about other things in the past, but nothing felt
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Speaker 2: like it would be as demanding for both of us.
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Speaker 2: So I really liked the idea of jumping into something
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Speaker 2: with Ridley that was going to be exactly that. Napoleon
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Speaker 2: hits theaters this November.
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Speaker 1: That's Direct from Hollywood.