Zack Sharf Digital News Director Brian Cox’s hatred of Method acting has gone so viral in recent weeks that he parodied himself during a recent visit to “The Tonight Show” to promote the upcoming fourth and final season of HBO’s “Succession.” Host Jimmy Fallon asked Cox about all the media attention surrounding his hatred of Method acting, to which the actor responded, “Well you know, Jimmy, I’ve been a little harsh.” “I’ve been a little harsh on it,” Cox continued. “I’m sorry about that… in fact, I’ve been trying to set the record straight in a MasterClass series of acting that I’ve been doing.
Well actually, I brought a clip. I think this more eloquently explains my feelings about acting. Can we show it?” Fallon threw to a clip of Brian Cox in a fake MasterClass video. “Hi, I’m Brian Cox and this is my MasterClass on the craft of acting,” the actor said. “Tip #1: Just fucking do it!
Act! Say the fucking lines and don’t bump into the fucking furniture.” So much for being a little harsh on Method acting. Cox has become one of the Method’s most vocal detractors, routinely speaking out in interviews against his “Succession” co-star Jeremy Strong’s intense acting process. “It’s really a cultural clash,” Cox recently told Variety about Method acting. “I don’t put up with all that American shit.
I’m sorry. All that sort of ‘I think, therefore I feel.’ Just do the job. Don’t identify.” In a “Town & Country” magazine cover story published in February, Cox was asked about Strong’s Method acting and responded: “Oh, it’s fucking annoying.
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