'Napoleon' trivia and fun facts
Theresa Carrabus
Theresa Carrabus played Ludivine Sagnier in this movie, but she was also in the mini-series Napoleon (2002) where she played the character of Hortense.
Josephine
Jodie Comer was cast as the Empress Joséphine but dropped out because of some scheduling conflicts. That's why Vanessa Kirby replaced her. Ben Miles, (who plays Coulancourt in the movie), also played a Kirby's lover in seasons 1 and 2 of The Crown (2016).
The script was adapted for Joaquin Phoenix
In December 2022, the media informed that Joaquin Phoenix performance was so powerful that the director Ridley Scott had to rewrite the script in order to adapt it to the actor.
The age of Napoleon
The real Napoleon was 35 years old when he became the Emperor of France. The actor Joaquin Phoenix will be 49 at the time this film is released.
Rise to power
The trailer shows a few of the most relevant events of Napoleon's rise to power. For example, the Battle of the Pyramids (1798) in Egypt, the Battle of Austerlitz, in 1805, the Siege of Toulon, in 1973 and possibly the Battle of Waterloo.
Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix
'Napoleón' reunites director Ridley Scott with actor Joaquin Phoenix after the 2000's movie 'Gladiator'. In both movies, Phoenix plays an iconic historical figure (Emperor Commodus in 2000 and Napoleon in this film).
Napoleon's coronation
The trailer represents Napoleon's coronation as a recreation of the painting Le Sacré de Napoleon (Coronation of Napoleon), by the famous painter Jacques-Louis David, who's name is shown in the credits as played by actor Sam Crane.