Napoleon

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Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte, wearing a black bicorne hat and gray coat, sits on a white horse before a line of soldiers in a battlefield scene from the film Napoleon.

Napoleon

film by Scott [2023]

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Ridley Scott
In 2023 Scott directed Napoleon, an epic biopic about the legendary French emperor. Joaquin Phoenix appeared in the title role, and Vanessa Kirby portrayed Joséphine. In 2024 Scott returned to ancient Rome with the sequel Gladiator II, starring Paul Mescal as the son of Crowe’s
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In 2023 Scott directed Napoleon, an epic biopic about the legendary French emperor. Joaquin Phoenix appeared in the title role, and Vanessa Kirby portrayed Joséphine. In 2024 Scott returned to ancient Rome with the sequel Gladiator II, starring Paul Mescal as the son of Crowe’s
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Vanessa Kirby
Roles in the 2020s
…in Ridley Scott’s epic film Napoleon. After appearing in Ron Howard’s thriller Eden (2024), Kirby played a superhero in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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…in Ridley Scott’s epic film Napoleon. After appearing in Ron Howard’s thriller Eden (2024), Kirby played a superhero in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Joaquin Phoenix
Later career: Joker and Napoleon
…as Joséphine, in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, a biopic about the legendary French emperor.
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…as Joséphine, in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, a biopic about the legendary French emperor.
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