The new Ridley Scott biopic portrays him as 'The Lover.'
Much of the dramatic tension in Scott’s film centers around Napoleon’s careening, volatile enchantment with his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais—played here by another stunning movie star, Vanessa Kirby. Interstitial text flashes across the trailer, announcing that we will come in close contact with three flavors of Napoleon: the Tyrant, the Emperor, and, yes, the Lover.
, and who agreed to respond to my facile questions. “Many described him as scrawny, sallow-skinned, greasy-haired, messy.”Bell’s characterization lines up with many of the firsthand accounts of Napoleon’s presentation. The man was not exactly an Adonis, which often confused the conquered Europeans in his wake who expected some sort of sumptuous, Alexander the Great–esque runway-model-cum-warrior when he finally showed his face.
It should also be mentioned that, according to Mikaberidze, Napoleon was not exactly a convivial mensch, or an awesome hang. Sure, he had a sharp wit in the drawing room—he was an expert diplomat on top of a genius strategic mind—but moments of levity were reportedly brief, and undermined by a roiling intensity at the pit of his soul.
that elevates human beings into progressively more celestial tiers of hotness, à la Adam Driver, Jeff Goldblum, or Jay-Z. “I would not call him a charming conversationalist,” added Mikaberidze. “But he had tremendous energy and self-discipline, was action-oriented, and possessed an innate drive to achieve and make things done.
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