With “Succession” now over, it’s time for Brian Cox to find a new major role. Recently, he’s kept busy with smaller indie pics like “Mending The Line,” “Prisoner’s Daughter,” as well as “The Independent” on Peacock.
06.06.2023 - 18:18 / msn.com
Brian Cox hasn't watched the 'Succession' finale. The 76-year-old actor doesn't enjoy seeing himself in screen and admitted he was further "disinclined" to watch the last ever episode of the acclaimed drama series after his media mogul alter ego, Logan Roy, passed away earlier in the season. Speaking on 'Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg', he said: "I never like watching myself, for a start.
And somehow or other, because of what happened to Logan, I've been disinclined to watch. "I knew how it was going to end, because I knew that Logan had already set it up. "And so I gather that ultimately at the end Logan's won through, even though he's in the grave.
" The Scottish actor admitted he never "clings on" to a project once he's finished work. He added: "It's a strange situation, I don't cling on to things. When it's over, it's over and I go on.
And I find that with this show, which has been a great show, it's been one of the great shows of all time - especially for me. "The wealth gap fascinates me, the fact that people are getting poorer and people are getting richer. "And the richer become so out of it, they're so separated.
And that's what our show is dealing with and rightly they got their just desserts at the end apparently. "I haven't seen the finale, but apparently they get their just desserts. " Brian's comments come after he recently admitted he felt "rejected" to be killed off so early in the season.
Speaking on 'Brian Cox: Amol Rajan Interviews', he said: "It was an odd feeling. "I looked on it, wrongly, as a form of rejection. I was fine with it ultimately, but I did feel a little bit rejected.
With “Succession” now over, it’s time for Brian Cox to find a new major role. Recently, he’s kept busy with smaller indie pics like “Mending The Line,” “Prisoner’s Daughter,” as well as “The Independent” on Peacock.
Brian Cox certainly chose a bold ice breaker when he met Meryl Streep. The star opens up about a conversation he says he once had with the legendary actress, which certainly seemed to have caught her attention. While interviewing Emily Blunt for 's Actors on Actors series, talk turns to Blunt's breakthrough role opposite Streep in 2006's . «I loved it,» Cox says of the film.
Emily Blunt and Brian Cox opened up about so much in their interview for Variety‘s Actors on Actors series.
Brian Cox and Emily Blunt have come together to discuss “Succession” and “The English,” two character-driven projects that examine the brutality of American culture. Both shows deal with wealth: Cox’s brooding media mogul Logan Roy met a shocking demise on the HBO series that had us bawling in its fourth and final season, while Blunt’s Lady Cornelia is an 1890s aristocrat seeking answers about the death of her son in the Amazon Prime Video limited series. In person, the two New York transplants have too much in common to capture in one interview. They begin chatting well before cameras roll, and keep going for 20 minutes after the shoot wraps. The two make plans for Blunt to show Cox “the best croissant in Brooklyn” as their handlers wait patiently in the wings.
Brian Cox gets envious like the rest of us.
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Combat veterans, famously, don’t tend to talk much, if at all, about their experiences of war. At least not to civilians, and maybe not even to their closest relatives. Knowing this, those of us who aren’t veterans tend to have ideas about the things they aren’t discussing. Things like violence and fear and the chaos and insanity of battle. That’s surely a part of it, but in a way it’s also the heightened cinematic version, the one we’ve all gotten from war movies. What it leaves out are the torn-up emotions of soldiers, the lifelong imprint left upon them not just by the cataclysm of war but by their relationship with their fellow soldiers — the loyalty and love, the complex code of liberation and guilt at having survived.
Two from Magnolia Pictures, the story of an iconic record album design firm back and a sighting of Brian Cox usher in a specialty weekend with smoke clearing over New York City. Acrid plumes from Canadian wildfires have smothered the key arthouse market over the past few days in an unusual air quality event that had Mayor Eric Adams urging people to home.
J. Kim Murphy SPOILER ALERT: This story contains narrative details for the final season of “Succession.” “Succession” ended when it aired its series finale in May, but the acclaimed HBO series was over even earlier than that for one of its stars. Brian Cox admits that he hasn’t fired up the final episode of the show — and he doesn’t seem inclined to get to it anytime soon. Speaking with the BBC, Cox explained why he didn’t watch the end of “Succession” with the rest of the world. “I’ve never liked watching myself, for a start,” Cox explains. “Because of what happened to Logan, I’ve been disinclined to watch.”
Succession star Brian Cox has admitted he hasn't watched the show's finale, but said it had been 'one of the great shows of all time.'
Brian Cox is opening up about the Succession series finale but the actor has not watched how the show ended on HBO.
The IDGAF era of Brian Cox’s career has been an entertaining thing to keep an eye on. It seems with every new interview, the iconic actor just says something that riles people up and makes headlines.
Succession.The actor, who played Logan Roy in the HBO series, explained during a BBC interview that the fate of his character in the fourth season meant he felt “disinclined” to watch the final episodes.“I’ve never liked watching myself for a start,” Cox said. “And somehow or other, because of what happened to Logan, I’ve been disinclined to watch the rest. I knew how it was going to end because I knew Logan had already set it up.
Warning: Spoilers for “Succession” Season 4 below.While many fans are still reeling from the finale of “Succession,” Brian Cox has been “disinclined to watch” the HBO drama’s swan song after the shocking death of Logan Roy in episode 3. “I don’t know. I’ve never liked watching myself for a start.
“AI ain’t gonna write Succession, or Chinatown or The Godfather,” says Jeremy Strong of what’s at stake with the writers’ strike. “It’s just not going to,” the actor who brought Jesse Armstrong’s words for Kendall Roy to life bluntly adds.
fans were delighted to discover that in the show's series finale on Sunday, Roman Roy, played by Kieran Culkin, was wearing an affordable brand.In a scene filmed between Roman and his siblings, Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) and Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook), the middle sibling is wearing a blue T-shirt with three multi-colored stripes on it.Eagle-eyed fans were quick to note that the top is part of a two-pack of boys-sized T-shirts sold at Walmart that retail for $13.96.Of course, Roman's specific look quickly sold out after the connection was made, and fans online were delighted in the revelation.One viewer shared a screenshot of Roman's look and the Walmart Wonder Nation product, noting that Kendall was wearing $750 Jacques Marie Mage sunglasses and Shiv had on a $3,000 Alexander McQueen power suit.Kendall Roy: $750 Jacques Marie Mage sunnies Shiv Roy: $3000 Alexander McQueen power suit Roman Roy: pic.twitter.com/I1vXUc9LB3One commenter wrote, «This is so middle-child coded
Succession following the finale, describing the show as his “greatest work experience ever”.The actor, who played Logan Roy in the HBO series, shared a message on his Instagram Story on Monday (May 29) after the show’s finale was released.“We have now come to the end,” Cox wrote. “And what has been, in my career, certainly the greatest work experience ever.
While Succession patriarch Brian Cox has called co-star Mark Strong’s method acting “f***ing annoying” and last week complained Logan Roy was killed off “ultimately too early,” it seems those irritants did not define Cox’s experience on the show. Quite the opposite.
Succession” series finale on Sunday night, Brian Cox bid farewell to the cast and crew in an Instagram story. And while he’s known for being quite persnickety, this was actually a very sweet goodbye. (Spoilers for the finale follow.)“It was on it’s [sic] way to become a great series but the love and commitment from crew to cast and writers, made it memorable,” the actor said.
Succession.In the finale titled With Open Eyes, Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) prepare a smoothie for their brother Kendall (Strong) after agreeing to support his bid to become the new CEO of Waystar Royco.The smoothie, described as “a meal fit for a king”, contains milk, Tabasco hot sauce, bread crusts, Branston pickle, raw eggs, cocoa powder and Shiv’s spit.Kendall takes a large gulp of the smoothie, and after he refuses to drink the rest, Roman tips the leftovers over his brother’s head.Speaking on the official Succession podcast to host Kara Swisher, Strong said the smoothie contained “all those things” seen on screen, which he actually consumed for the scene.“We did it only a few times and I went outside and retched, and jumped in the ocean, and washed it off my hair,” the actor said. “Yeah, I did drink it, yeah.”After Swisher remarked that he “really was a method actor”, Strong replied: “I wouldn’t know how not to drink it.
There’s no Iron Throne, but the stakes feel just as high.