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Brian Cox Doubles Down On “Overrated Actors” And ‘Succession’ Co-Star Jeremy Strong’s Method


Cox slammed Johnny Depp and Steven Seagal as "overrated" and "ludicrous" respectively.

Brian Cox as Logan Roy in HBO's 'Succession'HBO Brian Cox has doubled down on the description he used in his memoir of actors Johnny Depp and Steven Seagal as “overrated” and “ludicrous” respectively. The Succession star published his memoirs in 2022, in which he described his The Glimmer Man co-star Seagal “as ludicrous in real life as he appears on screen.” In the same pages, he called Depp “so overblown, so overrated”, Quentin Tarantino’s work “meretricious”, Edward Norton “a nice lad but a bit of pain in the a**e” and director Michael Caton-Jones as “a complete a**ehole.” Cox also doubled down on his criticism of his Succession co-star Jeremy Strong ’s Method acting.

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