Jeremy Strong has been widely praised for her performance as Kendall Roy in “Succession”, a role that’s earned him an Emmy, a Golden Globe, a Critics’ Choice Award and a SAG Award.
09.02.2023 - 18:27 / usmagazine.com
Brian Cox‘s Logan Roy is ruthless, but he will never question the Succession patriarch’s decisions as the war against Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) intensifies.
“He’s a very complex man. I think that we, both the writing and the actors, what I’ve done informs a certain amount of where they’re going. So in a way, I don’t judge them. You never judge your character,” Cox, 76, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting his Michelob Ultra 2023 Super Bowl commercial. “You allow the character to be, and Logan is such an extraordinary force of nature. He’s misanthropic, he’s an unhappy man.”
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Logan’s disconnect with his children has always been apparent, but their tension only escalated in the season 3 finale of the HBO drama when they tried to overthrow him amid his deal to sell off the family’s media corporation, Waystar Royco.
“He loves his children. That’s his weakness. He loves his children desperately. All of that has accrued over the series,” the Scotland native explained to Us. “So naturally there are movements of it [that have] shifted, but it shifted organically, not in any kind of, ‘Oh, this is a different mindset.’ I think the mindset has always been there, but then it opens up more possibilities.”
Cox continued: “If you’re in the center of it, the possibilities are greater. If you start judging your character, then you reduce the possibilities.”
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Logan’s relationship with his second-oldest son Kendall has deteriorated over time, with audiences first introduced to the character’s tension when Logan decided to not retire instead of passing on the business torch to him in the pilot. In season 2, Logan would go on to
Jeremy Strong has been widely praised for her performance as Kendall Roy in “Succession”, a role that’s earned him an Emmy, a Golden Globe, a Critics’ Choice Award and a SAG Award.
Brian Cox is not holding back about his Succession co-star Jeremy Strong’s Method acting once again.
Much has been made about Jeremy Strong and his reliance on “method acting” in projects. For those unaware, Strong will fully inhabit his character and never break while on set, even when the cameras aren’t rolling.
Zack Sharf Brian Cox has expressed worry over his “Succession” co-star Jeremy Strong’s Method acting in the past, but he was more blunt than over on the topic during a new cover story for “Town & Country” magazine. Cox, who plays the father to Strong’s character on the Emmy-winning HBO series, said point blank about Strong’s Method acting: “Oh, it’s fucking annoying. Don’t get me going on it.” “He’s a very good actor,” Cox added. “And the rest of the ensemble is all okay with this. But knowing a character and what the character does is only part of the skill set.” “He’s still that guy, because he feels if he went somewhere else he’d lose it,” Cox continued. “But he won’t! Strong is talented. He’s fucking gifted. When you’ve got the gift, celebrate the gift. Go back to your trailer and have a hit of marijuana, you know?”
Succession‘s Brian Cox has described his co-star Jeremy Strong’s method acting as “fucking annoying”.Speaking to Town and County, the actor said there’s no need to stay in character between takes, and that filming doesn’t have to be a “big fucking religious experience”.Cox, who plays family patriarch Logan Roy in the HBO comedy-drama, added that is on-screen son Strong is “gifted”, but that he won’t “lose” his talent if he stops method acting.“It’s just there and is accessible, it’s not a big fucking religious experience,” said Cox.When asked what it was like being around someone who is always in character, he added: “Oh, it’s fucking annoying, don’t get me going on it.”Cox went on to praise his co-star, but argued that he should “celebrate” his talent rather constantly staying in character as Kendall Roy.He said: “He’s fucking gifted. When you’ve got the gift, celebrate the gift.
Brian Cox is not backing down on his thoughts over his Succession co-star’s, Jeremy Strong, acting style.
HBO series, is “f–king annoying.” “He’s a very good actor. And the rest of the ensemble is all okay with this. But knowing a character and what the character does is only part of the skill set,” Cox, 76, explains in an interview with Town & Country published Tuesday.“It’s f–king annoying,” Cox added of Strong always being in character.
“Succession’s” deeply tragic Kendall Roy is not news — and it’s something co-star Brian Cox, who plays the gruff and withholding patriarch Logan Roy, finds “f—ing annoying.”The Emmy-winning Scottish actor has previously expressed his indifference to Strong’s immersive technique, having called the method a uniquely “American disease” in the much-discussed 2021 New Yorker profile of the star. Now, in a cover story with Town & Country, the veteran actor — who is classically trained — doubled down on his sentiments.“He’s a very good actor,” Cox told the magazine. “And the rest of the ensemble is all OK with this.
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Zack Sharf Jeremy Strong said in a new interview with GQ magazine that his “Succession” co-star Brian Cox has earned the right to say whatever he wants about Strong in the press. Cox has publicly expressed worry over Strong’s Method acting, once telling The New Yorker, “I’ve worked with intense actors before. It’s a particularly American disease, I think, this inability to separate yourself off while you’re doing the job.” “The result that Jeremy gets is always pretty tremendous,” Cox added. “I just worry about what he does to himself. I worry about the crises he puts himself through in order to prepare.” Cox would later about Strong on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” as well, saying, “He does get obsessed with the work. And I worry about what it does to him, because if you can’t separate yourself — because you’re dealing with all of this material every day. You can’t live in it. Eventually, you get worn out.”
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