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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Legendary director Ridley Scott

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Speaker 1: and Joaquin Phoenix first worked together on Gladiator some twenty

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Speaker 1: years ago, and they've reunited for the first project since,

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Speaker 1: an upcoming biopic about the legendary French ruler in Napoleon

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Speaker 1: Bonaparte simply called Napoleon, and Ridley has the utmost respect

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Speaker 1: for the Academy Award winning star as an actor. In fact,

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Speaker 1: what Keen's notes after reading Ridley's original script were so

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Speaker 1: insightful he ended up completely rewriting the story after considering them,

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Speaker 1: Ridley tells Empire, Joaquin is about as far from conventional

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Speaker 1: as you can get, not deliberately but out of intuition.

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Speaker 1: That's what makes him tick. If something bothers him, he'll

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Speaker 1: let you know. He made this film special by constantly questioning.

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Speaker 1: With Napoleon. We dug in and found the character or

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Speaker 1: as close to what he may have been. Joaquin is

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Speaker 1: probably the most special, thoughtful actor I've ever worked with.

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Speaker 1: Napoleon has already been shot, most likely arriving later this year.

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Speaker 1: That's Direct from Hollywood