Brian Cox may have his reservations about Jeremy Strong’s acting skills, but Strong is not having them and ultimately defends the talent that has kept him around for this long in the industry. What’s more intriguing is that they play a father-son role on the same show on HBO.
Keep reading for the details.
Brian Cox On Jeremy Strong
Cox expressed his feelings about Strong’s acting methods on their Succession series, which airs on HBO, as “f***ng annoying.”
A Very Good Actor
Cox explains further in his interview with Town & Country , published on Tuesday.
Strong’s Acting Methods
The talented actor made the news in 2021 when he revealed his full-immersion acting methods which he adopted for his role as Kendall Roy.
Cox Is Worried About Strong
The 76-year-old, who has experience working with other actors who put their all into their character, expressed his concern for Strong’s delivery.
Cox On ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers’
The actor went further to express his concerns again on a 2021 appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers , where he said the actor gets obsessed with the work and he’s so worried about the difficulty he encounters due to his inability to separate his character from the project.
Strong Feels Cox Earned His Right
The 44-year-old, however, revealed in an interview with GQ for their March 2023 cover issues published on Tuesday that Cox had every right to express his opinions.
Lots Of Love For Everyone
The actor admitted that he feels a lot of love for his siblings and his TV dad. He described the set as a family and believed they would also express concern about his acting.
No Pain
Strong disagrees with Cox’s previous suggestion that there’s an amount of pain at the root of his character on succession.
No Going Back
He expressed his resolve not to stop his acting approach. It’s what he’s known his whole life; he’d do whatever it takes to deliver in every setting.
Breaking It Down
Strong continued on why his approach works for him.
A Great Sacrifice
The actor shared that he gave up much of himself for the success of the Succession , which made the work excruciating.
Letter To Self
At the start of the Succession project in November 2017, he wrote a letter to himself and Kendall Roy that he shared with the author of GQ profile.
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Jesse Armstrong
The show’s creator revealed there was a point where he didn’t recognize Strong while filming the first season. He shared that the actor interpreted Kendall Roy from a dark place and changed his physicality.
Strong Likes Isolation
The actor expressed his love for isolation from his cast members on set as he’s scared of forming off-screen bonds with his on-screen siblings that are too casual.
‘Succession’ Season 4
The fourth season of the hit HBO series returns to television on March 26.
Primetime Emmy
Strong has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2020.
Golden Globes
He also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor-Television Series Drama in 2022.
Time Magazine
The magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.
Personal Life
He married Emma Wall in 2016, four years after they met at a New York party. They share three daughters and live in New York.