Brian Cox has taken aim at Quentin Tarantino, describing the director's work as “meretricious” in a new interview with The Times of London. The actor, promoting his directorial debut “Glenrothan,” criticised Tarantino's style, saying: “With a Quentin Tarantino film, what you see is all Quentin Tarantino. That’s not me. I don’t want to do that.”
Cox also revisited his long-running critique of Method acting, particularly targeting his “Succession” co-star Jeremy Strong. He claimed Strong has “begged me to stop” discussing his approach, but Cox continued: “He’s a good actor… It’s just all the bollocks that goes with it. You watch children — they don’t say, ‘What’s my motivation?’ They just do it!”
The actor previously linked Strong's Method acting to Daniel Day-Lewis, who worked as Strong's assistant. Day-Lewis responded last year, calling Cox's comments a “handbags-at-dawn conflict” and offering to discuss it. Cox told The Times he has not reached out, stating: “It’s got nothing to do with Dan Day-Lewis.”
Cox also criticised the United States, saying: “In America they don’t like women. They won’t let a woman be president… The patriarchy is a fucking mess.” He added: “I say, give it over to the women.”
