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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tom Murray

Joaquin Phoenix slapped Napoleon costar Vanessa Kirby without warning after pair agreed to ‘shock each other’

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Napoleon costars Vanessa Kirby and Joaquin Phoenix have opened up about the creative freedoms they offered each other while filming Ridley Scott’s new film.

Phoenix, 48, plays the titular French Emperor while Kirby, 35, plays Joséphine de Beauharnais with whom he had a tumultuous relationship. The movie will explore the leader’s ambitions of world domination and the darkness surrounding his volatile marriage.

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