Brian Cox criticizes Succession co-star Jeremy Strong’s method acting

Brian Cox has criticized the method acting, admitting that it is “fucking annoying” when his Succession co-star Jeremy Strong stays in character on set.

The Scottish actor, 76, criticized the famous acting exercise used by Jeremy, 44, and said filming doesn’t have to be a “great religious experience”.

Brian, who plays family patriarch Logan Roy, said his on-screen son Jeremy, 44, is “gifted” but insisted he won’t “lose” his talent by not embodying his character off-screen. screen.

Appears on the cover of town and countryBrian said of being able to play a character: “It’s just there and it’s accessible, it’s not a big religious experience.”

When asked what it was like to be around someone who is always in character, he added: “Oh, it’s fucking annoying, don’t keep me going.”

Method acting refers to a rehearsal technique in which actors fully inhabit their role both on and off screen, and has been used by the likes of Jared Leto in Suicide Squad, Andrew Garfield in Silence, and Marlon Brando.

Brian praised Jeremy’s talent, but argued that his co-star should “celebrate” his gift instead of constantly staying in character as Kendall Roy.

He said: ‘He’s fucking gifted, when you have the gift, celebrate the gift. He goes back to your trailer and smokes pot, you know?

His comments came as he posed up a storm in a series of suave shots for a sensational magazine cover shoot, including shots of him in an animal-print robe.

Speaking of Succession, Brian described the popular HBO comedy-drama series as “satirical” and a “critique” that explores issues of law.

Brian said viewers enjoy the ‘selfishness’ of the characters and admitted he has a secret ‘affection’ for the formidable Logan, describing him as a ‘misunderstood’ man.

His comments were opposed by Jeremy, who previously admitted that he doesn’t see the funny side of his character Kendall or the show in general.

In December 2021, his co-star Kieran Culkin and executive producer Adam McKay admitted that Jeremy does not view the show as a comedy.

Speaking to The New Yorker, Kieran said: “After the first season, [Jeremy] He said something to me like, “I’m worried that people might think the show is a comedy.” And I said, “I think the show is a comedy.” She thought she was joking.

Meanwhile, Adam revealed that his strange sternness is the reason Jeremy was cast, as he claimed his attitude towards the show helped Kendall’s character.

He said: ‘That’s exactly why we cast Jeremy in that role. Because he’s not playing it as a comedy. He’s playing Hamlet.

Succession follows the Roy family, led by the fierce father Logan, and their struggle to take his place at the helm of their media company Waystar Royco, with Kendall as the mogul’s shaky middle son.

Previewing what’s next for season four, which is scheduled to release on March 27, Brian said the Roy family will be getting more tests than ever before, describing it as a “bumpy ride.”

It’s not the first time Brian has criticized his co-star Jeremy’s method acting techniques, having previously deemed it ‘American s**t’.

Speaking at the Toronto Film Festival in September, he was not shy about criticizing the exercise, saying he doesn’t hold on to the characters he plays after finishing a project.

“I don’t have much of the American s**t, having to have a religious experience every time you play a role, it’s c**p,” he said, according to the hollywood reporter.

“I don’t hold on to the characters I play, I let them wash over me.”

Speaking of his own acting technique, he said, “You just let it through you and you don’t get in the fucking way.”

Jeremy has previously spoken about embodying his role in his daily life as a way to connect with and understand Kendall.

“I think it’s very important with acting work, that you have a personal experience,” he told GQ in 2019. “That it’s not just an imaginary experience, that you go through something and it costs you.”

In a profile with the New Yorker in 2021, Jeremy discussed practicing what he calls “identity diffusion” in his work.

The actor detailed the method style of his acting, including claims about taking the role as seriously as his own life.

He said: ‘I can’t work in a way that feels like I’m doing a TV show. I need, for whatever reason, to believe it’s real and commit to that sense of belief…

‘For me, what is at stake is life or death. took [Kendall] as seriously as I take my life.

In response to Jeremy’s profile, Brian admitted that he worries about the “pain” Jeremy goes through to play his troubled son on screen.

The veteran actor admitted that working with Jeremy can be ‘exhausting’, but the Succession cast are happy to put up with the methods because they ‘love’ him and he always gives an ‘extraordinary’ performance.

The cast of Succession will return to screens on March 27 for the highly anticipated fourth season, which will deliver more drama than ever.

Season 3 ended with Logan permanently altering his company Waystar Royco by reaching a deal with tech billionaire Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgard).

And a trailer for the fourth season, which will air weekly on HBO starting March 27, focused on the fallout from Logan Roy’s gamble with his children’s futures.

The clip sparked a lot of drama involving Logan and the three children he betrayed: Kendall, Roman (Kieran Culkin) and Siobhan ‘Shiv’ Roy (Sarah Snook).

Waystar had been looking to acquire GoJo, Matsson’s rising technology company, though it was seeking a merger of equals, which doesn’t sit well with the family.

As the finale begins, the potential acquisition became GoJo outright acquiring Waystar Royco, leaving Logan’s sons Kendall, Shiv and Roman’s future at the company in jeopardy.

Eventually, Logan told the children that he and his mother Caroline Collingwood (Harriet Walter) had renegotiated their divorce settlement, effectively depriving the children of control of the company.