Brian Cox Reveals How He Really Feels About Method Acting: 'It's Crap'

I've always thought method acting was a scam. Just fucking act.

And it's usually straight white guys who pull that shit on the set as well. Imagine Cate Blanchett or any other actress of note pulling pranks on the cast and the crew because "it helps her to be in character 24/7"?

Boar on the floor!

Wasn’t he in BRAVEHEART? I haven’t seen him in anything else.

He’s in everything.

He says this in every interview these days. We get it. You think you are a great actor!

Does he have Oscar noms? Or he just signs on for any trash?

They height of unprofessionalism and lack of skill.

Between this and Mads Mikkelsen, people are really shitting on method acting lately. It's certainly worth criticizing the excessive or disrespectful methods of certain actors, but it has been used by some of the most brilliant actors to produce fantastic, nuanced performances. I can't dismiss or hate the technique used by James Gandolfini to play Tony Soprano, to give one example of many.

Hope he doesn’t have a problem with Jeremy Strong.

A foul-mouthed Brit taking money from gullible Americans.

[quote]Hope he doesn’t have a problem with Jeremy Strong.

I suspect that is why he is saying this.

R9, that was my first thought, given Strong’s pompous interview earlier this year.

I guess there’s not a lot of Succession fans here, he’s impressive as the foul mouthed, manipulative patriarch of the family.

Bitter much?

That’s a shame r12. It’s such a great show with a fantastic cast. Strong gives a very nuanced performance that can break your heart or make you hate him.

[quote][bold]Brian Cox Is Glad ‘Succession’ Is Ending, and Doubles Down on Hating Method Acting: ‘I Don’t Put Up With That American S—’[/bold]

[quote]“It’s really a cultural clash,” Cox says. “I don’t put up with all that American shit. I’m sorry. All that sort of ‘I think, therefore I feel.’”

[quote]“Just do the job,” Cox continues. “Don’t [italic]identify[/italic].” He points to the case of estimable Method actor Daniel Day-Lewis, with whom he worked on the 1997 film “The Boxer,” and blames those immersive techniques for Day-Lewis’ early retirement. “He retired at the age of 55, and I’m going, ‘That’s when the roles become really interesting. You’ve retired just at the point when actually the roles get better!’” Cox exclaims. “Of course, Jeremy was Dan Day-Lewis’ assistant. So he’s learned all that stuff from Dan.”

People who use method cannot act. Method is not acting. You can act or your can’t. British actors mock method actors.

It is a scam. We all wanted to believe it because Brando or Dean or Pacino or whoever. It's still a scam. It's all about personality, always will be.

Brian Cox is a tiresome prick. Feck him. He played Uncle Argyle in Braveheart. He played Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter. Ten minutes of combined screen time. I don't watch Succession so I can't speak to his acting on that show. I know I can live with never watching him act again. Jeremy Strong is a good actor who makes interesting choices. He won't have to beg for work. I thought he was great in The Trial of the Chicago Seven. No one needs to defend DDL. The guy is brilliant.

Method is something that’s been completely misinterpreted since it came to the States. Even Brando himself trashed Strasberg and said Stella Adler (who was more correct in her interpretation of Stavlinski) was the acting teacher he took his cues from - and her application was a more emotional one that didn’t require body transformations or weird accents.

Love both Cox and Strong. Really wish succession would’ve gone for five years.

Cox sounds like a cunt. What fucking business is it of his?

Because he's an actor and he was asked about an acting technique? So he gave an answer?

Strong is so much more annoying than Cox.