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Brian Cox: Joaquin Phoenix Was ‘Truly Terrible’ in ‘Napoleon’ and ‘I Would Have Played It a Lot Better’
Brian Cox took aim at Joaquin Phoenix, calling his 'Napoleon' performance 'terrible' and claiming that he would have 'played it a lot better.'
Brian Cox has never been one to withhold his true feelings, and London’s HistFest was no different for the “Succession” star, who unloaded on a variety of topics Sunday night including politics, theater critics and Ridley Scott’s “ Napoleon.” Cox was a featured speaker at HistFest — a two-day event celebrating the intersection of arts, academics and history — in part to promote his lead performance in the West End production of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night.” When asked to respond to theater critics comparing his role to “Succession’s” Logan Roy. And, of course, it wouldn’t be a proper Cox tirade without him going off on method acting — a topic he regularly breached when asked about his “Succession” co-star Jeremy Strong’s intense process.
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