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Brian Cox throws epic shade at Joaquin Phoenix's 'truly terrible' Napoleon portrayal and declares 'I would have played it better!' in scathing comments

Brian Cox has branded Joaquin Phoenix's portrayal of Napoleon Bonaparte 'truly terrible'' in a scathing new interview.

Phoenix plays Napoleon in the film which focuses on his tainted and complex relationships amid a stunning rise to power against the backdrop of the French Revolution Le Figaro said the film should be renamed 'Barbie and Ken under the Empire' and added that Napoleon is portrayed as a 'sentimental brute with a gun in hand and quick to shed a tear'. Canadian French-language newspaper Le Devoir led with the headline 'Not Waterloo, but not Austerlitz either,' referencing Napoleon's futile last stand in Belgium and his tactical 'masterpiece' against the Russians in today's Czechia.

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