Brian Cox has revealed why he turned down a notable function in Recreation Of Thrones.
In his memoir, Placing The Rabbit In The Hat, printed two years in the past, the Succession star addressed plenty of close to misses in his profession, which included the chance to play Robert Baratheon within the HBO fantasy sequence.
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“I’m typically requested if I used to be supplied a job in Recreation of Thrones – cause being that each different bugger was – and the reply is, sure, I used to be alleged to be a king referred to as Robert Baratheon,” he wrote.
The actor defined that he turned down the function as a result of the cash wasn’t nice and the character received killed off early.
“There’s all the time been an inclination of American productions to deal with British actors otherwise from American actors,” he mentioned. “In different phrases, to get them low-cost.”
Cox additionally rejected the a part of the governor in Pirates Of The Caribbean, a job that ultimately went to Jonathan Pryce. Explaining why, he wrote: “It might have been a moneyspinner however, of all of the components within the movie, it was essentially the most thankless.”
He additionally went on to take purpose at Johnny Depp — who performed Captain Jack Sparrow within the Disney franchise — referring to him as “so overblown” and “so overrated.”
“I imply Edward Scissorhands! Let’s face it, in case you come on with fingers like that and pale, scarred-face make-up, you don’t should do something. And he didn’t. And subsequently, he’s accomplished even much less,” he wrote.
“However folks love him,” he continued, earlier than including: “They don’t love him a lot as of late in fact.”
In Could this yr, Cox described HBO’s Succession as his biggest work expertise ever in an emotional farewell submit on social media.
“Now we have now come to the top,” Cox wrote. “And what has been, in my profession, definitely the best work expertise ever. The concord between crew and solid was actually superb.
“It was on it’s strategy to turn into an excellent sequence however the Love and dedication from crew to solid and writers, made it memorable. I wish to thank all of us within the making and creating of this present from the very backside of my coronary heart. Yours ever Brian Cox.”
