Brian Cox has become an icon in the United States thanks to partly Roles in “succession” And “X-Men”, but the acclaimed Scottish actor reveals how much he decided to swing his career when he moved to the states.
Cox said during a discussion with Issac Butler for Criterion Channel’s “The Craft of Acting” (in the video below) that he made the decision to conduct supportive roles after starting his start at West End in theater. After erupting in the United States, he proudly embraced being a character actor instead of a leading man.
“I came to that decision much later because I had been a leading actor (in England). I had done a lot of theater, a lot of TV, such. But when I decided to come here I just did not want to go that way,” Cox said. “I came here in the 70s. I remember going to Hollywood (…) and I really didn’t like it. It really gave me the creeps. I thought,” Well, I got it out of my system, right? “But I still wanted to make movies, and I wanted to make American movies because it was my inspiration when I was a kid.
Cox quoted how he was inspired by late supporting actors from the gold age of the film to bring Gravitas to each role, no matter how many scenes his character appeared in.
“I am so influenced by people like William Deist and William Bendix and all the supporting actors in the 30s and 40s and what they did. I mean, they were boosters of these movies. Without them there would be nothing, do you know?” Cox said. “I thought,“ It’s my job. That’s what I’m going to do. I’ll be happy to do it. “The challenge of giving a bow to some, which is really difficult when you only have three scenes and then it does not seem to be a connection (between them).
And it turned out to be a career decision: Cox has won two Olivier Awards, an Emmy and a Golden Globe over their strange career. Cox has also regretted the power State of Hollywood today the last few years, favorable In 2024, TV has replaced films as the best way for creativity for actors.
“What has happened is that TV does what the cinema used to do,” Cox said. “I think the cinema is in a very bad way. I think it has lost its place because of, partly, the Grandio element between Marvel, DC and all this. And I think it is starting to implode, actually. You lose the plot.”
