Brian Cox would fly into ‘terrifying’ rages on set of ‘Succession’
“Listen, I worked with Brian Cox once and got somehow drawn into this handbags-at-dawn conflict inadvertently,” Day-Lewis, 68, said in an interview with the “The Last of the Mohicans” actor and the “ Succession ” star, 79, were in the 1997 movie “The Boxer” together.
Daniel Day-Lewis during Daniel Day Lewis’s Screen Talk at the 69th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank in London on October 15, 2025.Sydney Sweeney breaks her silence on American Eagle jeans ad controversy — and Trump’s seal of approval“Brian is a very fine actor who’s done extraordinary work. As a result, he’s been given a soapbox… which he shows no sign of climbing down from. Any time he wants to talk about it, I’m easy to find,” Day-Lewis continued. “If I thought during our work together I’d interfered with his working process, I’d be appalled. But I don’t think it was like that. So I don’t know where the f–k that came from.” The Oscar winner is famously a method actor, remaining in character and often going to extreme lengths during filming. For instance, he reportedlyBrian Cox attends The Culinary Art Experience presented by HexClad during Art Basel Miami in Miami, Florida, on November 30, 2022.“I’ve worked with intense actors before. It’s a particularly American disease, I think, this inability to separate yourself off while you’re doing the job,” Cox told the New Yorker. “The result that Jeremy gets is always pretty tremendous. I just worry about what he does to himself. I worry about the crises he puts himself through in order to prepare.”,” Cox further said about Strong, “He does get obsessed with the work. And I worry about what it does to him, because if you can’t separate yourself — because you’re dealing with all of this material every day. You can’t live in it. Eventually, you get worn out.”“He’s a very good actor,” he said about the “Deliver Me From Nowhere” star. “And the rest of the ensemble is all okay with this. But knowing a character and what the character does is only part of the skill set.”“Looking back on it now — I would have done well to just keep my mouth shut, for sure,” the “There Will Be Blood” actor told Rolling Stone in September. “It just seems like such grandiose gibberish to talk about.”Daniel Day-Lewis during Daniel Day Lewis’s Screen Talk at the 69th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank on October 15, 2025 in London, England.As for method acting, he told Big Issue that he doesn’t like how it’s been “misrepresented to the extent it has been.” “They focus on, ‘Oh, he lived in a jail cell for six months,’” referring to his 1993 movie, “In the Name of The Father.” “Those are the least important details. In all the performing arts, people find their methods as a means to an end. It’s with the intention of freeing yourself so you present your colleagues with a living, breathing human being they can interact with. It’s very simple,” he elaborated. “So it pisses me off this whole ‘oh, he went full method’ thing. What the f–k, you know? Because it’s invariably attached to the idea of some kind of lunacy.” “I choose to stay and splash around, rather than jump in and out or play practical jokes with whoopee cushions between takes or whatever people think is how you should behave as an actor.” Erika Kirk reveals Sinclair offered to push a Jimmy Kimmel apology — and shares her powerful response Mamdani snubs Dems on ballot as candidates cast their votes in 'most important election of your life'Vividseats: Official Ticketing Partner of New York PostThe best red carpet looks from the LACMA Art + Film Gala 2025 : Demi Moore, Kaia Gerber, Cindy Crawford, Elle Fanning and moreDaniel Day-Lewis during Daniel Day Lewis's Screen Talk at the 69th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank in London on October 15, 2025.Brian Cox attends The Culinary Art Experience presented by HexClad during Art Basel Miami in Miami, Florida, on November 30, 2022.Daniel Day-Lewis during Daniel Day Lewis's Screen Talk at the 69th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank on October 15, 2025 in London, England.
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