The film “Napoleon” by director Ridley Scott (85) celebrated its world premiere in Paris on Tuesday evening. The main actors Joaquin Phoenix (49) and Vanessa Kirby (35) posed together on the red carpet – thanks to the end of the strike in Hollywood. The work will be released in cinemas worldwide on November 22nd.
It goes without saying that the world premiere of the film about the famous French emperor will take place in France, explained Tom Rothman, Chairman and CEO of Sony Motion Picture Group. “Where else to start the global rollout of ‘Napoleon’ than in France?” he said on the red carpet at the Salle Pleyel concert hall.
According to Variety, “Napoleon” actor Joaquin Phoenix was less interested in interviews and almost ran across the red carpet to avoid the journalists. He still took the time to pose for the photographers alongside his co-star Vanessa Kirby. In contrast to Phoenix, the actress who played Napoelon’s wife Josephine de Beauharnais was happy to talk about her role.
She felt “a lot of compassion for her character.” “It was difficult in many ways to be female in this extremely male world, and she did a great job and looked dignified until the end,” said the 35-year-old, who arrived at the premiere in a long black dress with a high leg slit. The next big film may already be waiting for her: When asked about rumors that she was offered the role of the Invisible Woman in Marvel’s “Fantastic Four,” she smiled ear to ear and said: “It would be a great honor for me Join the cast.”
Ridley Scott himself skipped the red carpet and only gave a short speech on stage. In it he joked that “Napoleon” was his tenth film, which he made with Tom Rothman: “Remarkably, we are still good friends!”
