‘Succession’s Brian Cox Goes Full Beast Mode On Donald Trump, Talks Jeremy Strong, Johnny Depp, & ‘Adaptation’ Absence In New Memoir
19.01.2022 - 04:30
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“What I have an opinion about 25 years ago, it’s not necessarily the opinion I have now,” admits Brian Cox as response to the viewpoint the Succession star offers on the likes of Johnny Depp, Michael Caine, Ed Norton, Game of Thrones and others in his new memoir Putting the Rabbit in the Hat.
“I don’t really dismiss or disrespect anybody who goes for this profession because it’s a tough, bloody profession,” the seasoned Shakespearean thespian adds with the hindsight of a career spanning over 60 years.
First released in the UK late last year and out today Stateside, the 384-page book proves to be part meditation on the craft, partially very personal, partially political (Scottish-born Cox is very much in favor of Independence for the former Caledonia) and full of tales of legends like Peter O’Toole, a wig tossing Vanessa Redgrave, and Spike Lee and digging in to do the job. In short, Putting the Rabbit in the Hat is a weighty romp and that delivers the goods to fans of the Jesse Armstrong created HBO and cements how the Oliver Awards winner to be much more than Logan Roy.
Cox spoke with me about his latest book, the headlines it has already generated, why he said what he said, and what he left out. Dangling the prospect of another memoir to come, the Emmy winner also talked about the success of Succession, the pain he feels his co-star Jeremy Strong lives in and that now infamous New Yorker profile of the actor who plays Kendall Roy.
DEADLINE: With all the pre-publication attention the book has received over your take on the likes of Johnny Depp or turning down playing King Robert I Baratheon in Game of Thrones because of the money, I have to say I was surprised how much of Putting the Rabbit in the Hat is about the craft of