In the year 2000, Ridley Scott directed what the Academy deemed to be that year’s Best Picture, winning Gladiator the most coveted Oscar.
Since then, he has become known for directing similar historical epics such as Kingdom of Heaven and Exodus: Gods and Kings.
Gladiator also earned Joaquin Phoenix his first Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actor, and now, after finally winning the statuette for his third nomination in 2020, the Joker star is returning to his Gladiator director in a full-circle moment.
The trailer for Scott’s newest historical epic Napoleon recently dropped and shows Phoenix as the titular French military commander.
Some fans have already voiced concerns over its historical accuracy, given its inclusion of myths such as Napoleon’s shooting of the Giza Pyramids.
At least they avoided the most famous myth of Napoleon’s short stature.
The same can’t be said for the time when Danny DeVito played him in 1995.
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