Steven Seagal is "ridiculous in real life," said Co-Star Brian Cox
The actor of succession criticized his unique co-star in his brutally honest memories.
Like his character Logan Roy on the acclaimed HBO series Succession , 76 years old actor Brian Cox is not one to chop words, and his frank criticisms were intended for many of his colleagues actors. Recently, his new Comments on the Action Method , famous practiced by the co-star Jeremy Strong , raised the eyebrows. ("It's shit," said the older star about the process, among others.) But the hard -declared catches on other artists are nothing new for Cox, who included many without eyeshadows on eyeshadows The people with whom he worked or met in his long career in his autobiography in 2021, Put the rabbit in the hat . Among some of his breathtaking statements, he called the 1990s co-star Steven Seagal As being "as ridiculous in real life" as in his films. Cox worked with the star of the action only once, but that obviously left an impression. Read more to find out more about their collaboration and why Seagal rubbed the Scottish actor in the wrong direction.
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Brian Cox has been working professionally for over 60 years.
Cox began to continue his performance early and was an actor in a professional theater at the age of 14. His first television credit was an appearance in Wednesday's game In 1965, and he worked regularly through feature films, television series, theatrical productions and even some video games. During his long and long career, he approached everything from Shakespeare to Doctor Who and the X men franchise. His desire to appear in highbrow projects and popcorn dishes led him to act in front of co-stars as different as Daniel Day-Lewis In The boxer and the lizard comedy troop broken in the classic cult Super Troopers . Cox has an Emmy Award for the 2000 mini-series Nuremberg and a golden globe for Succession .
He worked with almost everyone in Hollywood - and has an opinion on everyone.
The Memoirs of Cox are filled with stories of various sets and his impressions of colleagues actors and directors whom he met along the way.
He has good memories of certain colleagues. Cox calls delay Alan Rickman , with whom he worked with the mini-series in 1980 Therese Raquin , "One of the sweetest, nicest, nicest and most incredibly intelligent" men he knew, for example. But other members of the industry do not do so well in his book. In Cox, Johnny Depp is "exaggerated" and "surface", while his 25th hour co-star Edward Norton is "a pretty boy, but a little painful in the [explanive]."
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He worked with Seagal on a 1996 flop.
Cox only worked with Seagal, known for his action and martial arts films, once in his career. The two somewhat improbable colleagues were both in 1996 The LUEUR man , an action comedy as a friend with Seagal (also producer of the film) and Keenen Ivory Wayans . Cox played "Mr. Smith", a dark ex-agent with links with the serial killer that detectives follow.
Unlike Seagal films Siege And Executive decision ,, The LUEUR man was Not a success at the box office , reports a little more than $ 20 million worldwide. And the criticisms hated that, with Variety review declaring The film "A tale of shaggy dogs with a slowly slow slow spirit." AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Cox called Seagal "Ludidrous".
In The LUEUR man , Seagal embodies a former CIA officer who became a police detective who obtained his nickname to kill his targets before seeing more than a "glow" of him and has since become a Buddhist. And the real character of the star of the action is as tall as some of his characters. The actor is, among other things, a voice Vladimir Poutine Support , the provider of His own energy drink , and the target of several Allegations of sexual harassment and assault . Nor is it particularly appreciated in the industry. In 1991, Lorne Michaels the ban on Saturday Night Live After organizing, later calling Seagal "The Biggest Jerk" to have encouraged the Sketch Show. John Leguizamo , who appeared in Executive decision With the Russian actor, he revealed that he had based his film character "Washed Up" in 2022 The menu On Seagal. He allegedly alleged that Seagal attacked him on the set of their 1996 film, calling him "a tyrant".
Cox was not a fan either, writing the Eat comments in your memories This "Steven Seagal is as ridiculous in the real life it appears on the screen." He also seems to make fun of the Buddhist beliefs of Seagal (yes, his Man The character is based on him in this direction), saying: "He radiates a serenity studied, as if he were on a higher level for the rest of us, and although he is certainly on a different level, Without a doubt, this is probably not a higher. "
This obviously came into play the shooting The LUEUR man , like another co-star, Stephen Tobolowsky Explained in an interview of 2015 with CUT. He said that Seagal decided on the first day To film this, because of his spiritual beliefs, he did not want his character to kill someone, as was scripted. Tobolowsky convinced the star that her serial killer character could "transcend a better life" if the character of Seagal killed him, after which he agreed to make the scene.