Brian Cox is calling out the very American way of Method acting.The Scottish star of “Succession” addressed co-star Jeremy Strong’s approach to his character Kendall Roy in the hit HBO series, which is concluding after its upcoming fourth and final season.“I’m glad he is not in pain personally,” Cox told Variety, calling Strong “a wonderful actor.” Yet the Method acting debate is rooted in what Strong represents, according to Cox.“It’s really a cultural clash,” he said.
“I don’t put up with all that American shit.
I’m sorry.
All that sort of ‘I think, therefore I feel.’ Just do the job.
Don’t ‘identify.’”Cox pointed to Strong’s former boss and mentor Daniel Day-Lewis, with whom Cox co-starred with on 1997’s “The Boxer.”“He retired at the age of 55, and I’m going, ‘That’s when the roles become really interesting.
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