The Roys are all the time at odds.
Brian Cox is talking out (once more) about Jeremy Robust’s technique performing method — this time, implying that it brought on a good larger adverse influence on the “Succession” solid than initially believed.
“He was wonderful to act with. I had no argument with Jeremy’s acting,” Cox, 78, defined throughout an interview with The Guardian, which revealed on Dec. 7. “He would be an even better actor if he just got rid of that so there would be much more inclusiveness in what he did.”
Cox and Robust, 45, performed father-son duo Logan and Kendall Roy, respectively, on the HBO collection. The drama received six Emmys for his or her fourth and ultimate season, which aired in Could 2023.
The Scottish actor went on to notice {that a} co-star who’s in character on a regular basis is “not good for the ensemble.”
“It creates hostility,” he added.
Cox by no means spoke with Robust “in the way [he] would like to have talked to him” about his technique performing on the time, explaining that “it’s a very emotive subject for people who follow the Strasberg line.”
The “That Christmas” star, nonetheless, has given his opinion on Robust on a number of events for the reason that present wrapped.
“He’s a very good actor. And the rest of the ensemble is all OK with this. But knowing a character and what the character does is only part of the skill set,” he advised City & Nation in February 2023. “It’s f–king annoying. Don’t get me going on it.”
In 2021, he advised 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. I just worry about what he does to himself. I worry about the crises he puts himself through in order to prepare.”
He’d go on to even talk about Robust throughout an look on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”
“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,” he mentioned that very same 12 months.
In March 2023, he apologized and admitted to Jimmy Fallon that he’s been “a little harsh” towards Robust.
“Succession” additionally starred Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, Nicholas Braun, Alan Ruck, Matthew Macfadyen, Peter Friedman and J. Smith-Cameron.
