{"id":584193,"date":"2026-04-04T03:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/584193\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T03:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:33:08","slug":"veteran-actor-brian-coxs-wild-rant-against-multiple-a-listers-fk-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/584193\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran actor Brian Cox\u2019s wild rant against multiple A-listers: \u2018F**k it\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian Cox went on a rant against multiple A-list actors, including Johnny Depp and Ian McKellen, in a new interview with the Times UK.<\/p>\n

The Succession star called Depp<\/a> \u201cso overblown\u201d and \u201cso overrated,\u201d noting in the interview published Friday that he was relieved he turned down Jonathan Pryce\u2019s role in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.<\/p>\n

As for McKellen, Cox said that his X2 co-star\u2019s acting is \u201cnot to my taste.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cox also took aim at Edward Norton, whom he said is \u201ca pain in the arse,\u201d and Kevin Spacey, whom he described as \u201ca stupid, stupid man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Directors and writers weren\u2019t safe from Cox\u2019s wrath, either.<\/p>\n

The 79-year-old called Quentin Tarantino \u201cmeretricious,\u201d Michael Caton-Jones \u201ca complete arsehole\u201d and David Hare a \u201csee you next Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, Cox, who played Winston Churchill in the 2017 biopic Churchill, vented about Gary Oldman winning the Best Actor Oscar for his role as the UK Prime Minister in \u201cDarkest Hour,\u201d released the same year.<\/p>\n

Oldman\u2019s performance, Cox said, was \u201ccobblers\u201d and \u201ca crowd-pleasing farrago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cox also disagreed with Margot Robbie being cast as Cathy in the new adaptation of the 1939 film Wuthering Heights, which is one of Cox\u2019s favourite movies.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMargot Robbie is far too beautiful for that role,\u201d he told the Times UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I think there should be something more of the Gypsy about her but it\u2019s wrong of me to judge,\u201d he added. \u201cIt may be a brilliant film.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cox aired his beef with Daniel Day-Lewis, as well, which started when he criticised<\/a> his Succession co-star Jeremy Strong\u2019s method acting in 2023. Lewis, who was Strong\u2019s inspiration, told Cox last year to get off his \u201csoapbox.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked if he\u2019s reached out to Day-Lewis, Cox had a cheeky response.<\/p>\n

\u2018Children don\u2019t say, \u201cWhat\u2019s my motivation?\u201d\u2019 he told the Times UK.<\/p>\n

Cox went on, \u201cNo, I haven\u2019t reached out because it\u2019s got nothing to do with Dan Day-Lewis. Dan Day-Lewis, he\u2019s discreet. He never upsets it [the filming process].\u201d<\/p>\n

The Emmy Award winner added that he didn\u2019t walk to talk more about Strong, 47, because his former on-screen son has \u201cbegged me to stop talking about him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a good actor, Jeremy. He\u2019s a wonderful actor. It\u2019s just all the bollocks that goes with it. You watch children \u2014 they don\u2019t say, \u2018What\u2019s my motivation?\u2019 They just do it!\u201d<\/p>\n

After dissing so many stars in the interview, Cox was asked if being so blunt had lost him friends or caused him problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I don\u2019t know yet if it\u2019s caused me problems,\u201d he replied with a laugh. \u201cI mean, my wife keeps saying, \u2018Brian, be careful. Brian, be careful.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Cox added, \u201cI think, \u2018F**k it, I don\u2019t want to be careful anymore! I\u2019ll be 80 this year. F**k it! I\u2019m gonna say what I want to say.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

This story originally appeared on Page Six<\/a> and is republished here with permission. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brian Cox went on a rant against multiple A-list actors, including Johnny Depp and Ian McKellen, in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,97485,286053,447,63994,286055,227655,134,286059,286056,286054,10503,59308,32436,50544,65293,170298,791,12358,286060,286057,25986,18350,286058,66045],"class_list":{"0":"post-584193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-brian-cox","11":"tag-brilliant-film","12":"tag-celebrities","13":"tag-daniel-day-lewis","14":"tag-david-hare","15":"tag-edward-norton","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-eric-todisco","18":"tag-favorite-movies","19":"tag-filming-process","20":"tag-gary-oldman","21":"tag-ian-mckellen","22":"tag-jeremy-strong","23":"tag-johnny-depp","24":"tag-jonathan-pryce","25":"tag-kevin-spacey","26":"tag-lewis","27":"tag-margot-robbie","28":"tag-michael-caton-jones","29":"tag-on-screen-son","30":"tag-oscar","31":"tag-quentin-tarantino","32":"tag-stupid-man","33":"tag-winston-churchill"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}