The epic centres on the passionate affair between the emperor and his empress, Joséphine.
It’s being filmed across the UK – and further afield, toowill be shot primarily in the UK, with many scenes playing out in Lincoln, Blenheim Palace, West Wycombe Park and Boughton House in Kettering. Theadded that Lincoln Cathedral was being transformed into a set, with locals speculating that it will stand in for Notre-Dame, where Napoleon was crowned.
Come May, the film is also set to shoot in Malta, where Fort Ricasoli will be transformed into Toulon, the site of Napoleon’s first victory in 1793.unites Joaquin Phoenix and Ridley Scott for the first time since, in which the former played the power-hungry Roman ruler Commodus. “No actor could ever embody Napoleon like Joaquin,” Scott told, and we’ll create another with his Napoleon.
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