{"id":511112,"date":"2026-04-03T17:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/511112\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T17:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:25:08","slug":"brian-cox-slams-johnny-depp-edward-norton-ian-mckellen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/511112\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Cox Slams Johnny Depp, Edward Norton, Ian McKellen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBrian Cox<\/a> is doing it again.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Succession actor unloaded on several fellow actors during a wide-ranging interview with The Times UK<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tCox took aim at Johnny Depp<\/a>, Ian McKellen<\/a>, Edward Norton<\/a>, as well as director Quentin Tarantino<\/a> and President Donald Trump in his latest unfiltered remarks. <\/p>\n

\n\tYou\u2019re just reading this for the tea, so here it is:<\/p>\n

\n\tJohnny Depp: Cox said he turned down a role in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise because he didn\u2019t want to work with the actor, whom he called \u201cso overblown, so overrated.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGary Oldman<\/a>: Cox worked with the Slow Horses star on the Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour, for which Oldman won an Oscar for best actor. Cox called Oldman\u2019s performance \u201ccobblers\u201d (Scottish slang for \u201cnonsense\u201d) and \u201ca crowd-pleasing farrago\u201d (meaning a \u201cmishmash\u201d). <\/p>\n

\n\tIan McKellen: Cox was relatively polite \u2014 by his standards \u2014 merely saying the rather beloved Lord of the Rings actor\u2019s performances are \u201cnot to my taste.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tEdward Norton: \u201cA pain in the arse.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tKevin Spacey<\/a>: \u201cA stupid, stupid man.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tMargot Robbie in Wuthering Heights: \u201cMargot Robbie is far too beautiful for that role.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tQuentin Tarantino: \u201cMeretricious\u201d (defined as \u201capparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity\u201d). Cox added, \u201c[When directing] I like to honor the actor\u2019s performance. With a Quentin Tarantino film, what you see is all Quentin Tarantino.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tDonald Trump: \u201cTrump doesn\u2019t give a shit about the people. He\u2019s only interested in the oil [in Iran]. There\u2019s just sheer fucking greed motivating him, nothing else. The idea he\u2019s liberating people is a nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIronically, Cox added that he just filmed a new series of ads for McDonald\u2019s Happy Meals (he\u2019s done voiceover ads for the company previously, as well). <\/p>\n

\n\tCox is currently promoting his new film, Glenrothan, which he directed. He previously made headlines mainly for criticizing his fellow Succession star<\/a> Jeremy Strong, and calling his method acting \u201cfucking annoying.\u201d This time around, Cox said, \u201cI don\u2019t want to go on about Jeremy, because I\u2019ve got into a lot of problems and he\u2019s begged me to stop talking about him. He\u2019s a good actor, Jeremy.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tAsked if all his griping about fellow Hollywood talents has cost him anything, personally or career-wise, Cox replied, \u201cWell, I don\u2019t know yet if it\u2019s caused me problems. I mean, my wife keeps saying, \u2018Brian, be careful. Brian, be careful.\u2019 I think, \u2018Fuck it, I don\u2019t want to be careful any more! I\u2019ll be 80 this year. Fuck it! I\u2019m gonna say what I want to say.’\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brian Cox is doing it again. The Succession actor unloaded on several fellow actors during a wide-ranging interview…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[61761,6491,71134,96,7210,38706,16318,39940,33395,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-511112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-brian-cox","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-edward-norton","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-gary-oldman","13":"tag-ian-mckellen","14":"tag-johnny-depp","15":"tag-kevin-spacey","16":"tag-quentin-tarantino","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}