Brian Cox has done what Brian Cox does best: say exactly what he thinks about a host of Hollywood names, including Margot Robbie, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Spacey and Donald Trump, without regard for the consequences.
talking to The times In an interview published on Friday, April 3, the 79-year-old Succession The star intervened in Robbie’s casting for the Wuthering Heights adaptation, in which she plays Catherine Earnshaw alongside Jacob Elordi’s Heathcliff.
“Margot Robbie is too beautiful for that role,” Cox said.
“I mean, I think there should be something more gypsy about it, but it’s wrong of me to judge. It might be a brilliant film.”
He then proceeded to mock her Australian accent with an impression of what he imagined the movie would sound like, joking: “‘Keith Cliff! It’s me, Cathy!’ ‘How are you, Keith? Is it okay? ‘Yes, I’m fine!’ “
Cox then turned his attention to Tarantino.
Describing his own preference for directing, he said: “I like to honor the actor’s performance. In a Quentin Tarantino movie, what you see is all Quentin Tarantino. That’s not me. I don’t want to do that.”
He called Tarantino “meretricious,” meaning seemingly attractive but lacking real value or integrity.
He also called out Kevin Spacey, his co-star in the 1994 film. iron will“a stupid, stupid man,” and had directed direct words at Trump: “Trump doesn’t give a damn about people. He only cares about oil.” [in Iran]. What motivates him is pure fucking greed, nothing more. The idea that it’s liberating people is nonsense.”
About Jeremy Strong, his Succession co-star whom he has repeatedly criticized, Cox seemed to be trying to calm things down a bit.
“I don’t want to talk about Jeremy anymore, because I’ve been in a lot of trouble and he’s begging me to stop talking about him. He’s a good actor, Jeremy.”
As to whether his outspokenness has cost him professionally, Cox didn’t mind.
“My wife keeps saying, ‘Brian, be careful. Brian, be careful.’ I’m like, ‘Fuck it, I don’t want to be careful anymore!’ I will be 80 this year. Fuck, I’m going to say what I want to say.’ “
