Brian Cox's Peak Logan Roy Review Of Joaquin Phoenix's "Terrible" Acting Prompts Meme Fest

Brian Cox also opined that he would have played the role better

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Hollywood star Brian Cox is not one to mince words. The veteran actor, who played the daunting billionaire patriarch Logan Roy in the much-celebrated HBO series Succession, has offered his scathing [to put it mildly] review of actor Joaquin Phoenix's role in Ridley Scott's Napoleon. Cox called Phoenix's portrayal of the  French emperor “terrible” and added that he would have played the historical character better. At London's HistFest, The Standard quoted Cox as saying, “It's terrible. A truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix. It really is appalling. I don't know what he was thinking. I think it's totally his fault and I don't think Ridley Scott helps him. I would have played it a lot better than Joaquin Phoenix, I tell you that. You can say it's good drama. No — it's lies. I think he's well-named. Joaquin … wackeen … wacky. It's a sort of wacky performance.”

Pointing out the historical inaccuracies in period dramas, Cox also trained his lens on the 1995 hit Braveheart. Cox also featured in the project headlined by Mel Gibson. About the film, he said: “Mel Gibson was wonderful but it's a load of lies. He never impregnated the French princess. It is a bollocks [sic] that film.”