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Headline: Joaquin Phoenix slapped Vanessa Kirby to 'shock' her during Napoleon scene
Caption: The Oscar-winning actor reunited with his Gladiator director Ridley Scott for the upcoming biographical drama, In which he plays French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte alongside Kirby as his wife Joséphine. In a joint interview for Empire magazine, the actors revealed that they allowed each other to find spontaneity and unexpected moments during the shoot, leading to Phoenix slapping Kirby during their divorce scene. "We were using the real words from their divorce in the church. When that happens, you can faithfully go through an archival re-enactment of it and read out the lines and then go home..."
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