{"id":232464,"date":"2026-04-03T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/brian-cox-launches-furious-broadside-against-string-of-leading-actors-and-filmmakers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T22:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:00:16","slug":"brian-cox-launches-furious-broadside-against-string-of-leading-actors-and-filmmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/brian-cox-launches-furious-broadside-against-string-of-leading-actors-and-filmmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Cox launches furious broadside against string of leading actors and filmmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-04-03\" datetime=\"1775253616\" pubdate=\"\">3 April 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/brian-cox\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,brian-cox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Cox<\/a> has launched a broadside against a string of prominent actors and filmmakers.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Brian Cox has launched a broadside against a string of prominent actors and filmmakers<\/p>\n<p>Describing some of the industry\u2019s biggest names as \u201coverrated\u201d, \u201ca pain in the a***\u201d and \u201ca stupid, stupid man\u201d, the Succession actor, 79, let rip in a new newspaper interview.<\/p>\n<p>Brian made the remarks in an interview with The Times, in which he reflected on his career and views on acting. Speaking about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/johnny-depp\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,johnny-depp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny Depp<\/a>, Brian said he was relieved to have turned down a role in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, adding he feels the actor is \u201cso overblown\u201d and \u201cso overrated\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>He also commented on his former X2 co-star Ian McKellen, stating Ian\u2019s acting is \u201cnot to my taste\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Brian extended his criticism to other actors, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/edward-norton\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,edward-norton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edward Norton<\/a>, who he described as \u201ca pain in the a***\u201d, and Kevin Spacey, calling him \u201ca stupid, stupid man\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\nTurning to directors and writers, Brian said Quentin Tarantino is \u201cmeretricious\u201d, described Michael Caton-Jones as \u201ca complete a***hole\u201d, and referred to David Hare as a \u201csee you next Tuesday\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\nDiscussing performances, Brian referenced Gary Oldman and his Oscar-winning portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. <\/p>\n<p>\nBrian said Gary\u2019s performance was \u201ccobblers\u201d and \u201ca crowd-pleasing farrago\u201d, contrasting it with his own portrayal of Churchill in Churchill. <\/p>\n<p>\nHe also commented on casting in a new adaptation of Wuthering Heights, saying of Margot Robbie: \u201cMargot Robbie is far too beautiful for that role.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nHe added: \u201cI mean, I think there should be something more of the Gypsy about her but it\u2019s wrong of me to judge. It may be a brilliant film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nBrian also addressed his disagreement with Daniel Day-Lewis in relation to method acting.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: \u201cNo, I haven\u2019t reached out (on my opinions about method acting) because it\u2019s got nothing to do with Dan Day-Lewis. Dan Day-Lewis, he\u2019s discreet. He never upsets it (the filming process.)\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking about his former Succession co-star Jeremy Strong \u2013\u00a0who went \u201cmethod\u201d on the show \u2013 Brian said: \u201cHe\u2019s a good actor, Jeremy. He\u2019s a wonderful actor. It\u2019s just all the b******* that goes with it. You watch children \u2013 they don\u2019t say, \u2018What\u2019s my motivation?\u2019 They just do it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nBrian said about how his partner begs him to watch his mouth: \u201cI mean, my wife keeps saying, \u2018Brian, be careful. Brian, be careful.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nHe added: \u201cI think, \u2018F*** it, I don\u2019t want to be careful anymore! I\u2019ll be 80 this year. F*** it! I\u2019m gonna say what I want to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/brian-cox-launches-furious-broadside-string-leading-actors-filmmakers-1440227.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 April 2026 Brian Cox has launched a broadside against a string of prominent actors and filmmakers. Brian Cox has launched a broadside against a string of prominent actors and filmmakers Describing some of the industry\u2019s biggest names as \u201coverrated\u201d, \u201ca pain in the a***\u201d and \u201ca stupid, stupid man\u201d, the Succession actor, 79, let [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":232465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[907,14574,14575,9761,14573,8922,2482,7913,3102,68,2793,465,14572,415,14576],"class_list":{"0":"post-232464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-brian-cox","9":"tag-brian-cox-interview","10":"tag-brian-cox-rant","11":"tag-daniel-day-lewis","12":"tag-david-hare","13":"tag-edward-norton","14":"tag-gary-oldman","15":"tag-ian-mckellen","16":"tag-jeremy-strong","17":"tag-johnny-depp","18":"tag-kevin-spacey","19":"tag-margot-robbie","20":"tag-michael-caton-jones","21":"tag-quentin-tarantino","22":"tag-succession-actor-brian-cox"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}