‘He’s having a good time’: Succession actor’s interview interrupted by Brian Cox ‘screaming’ at photographers
Fisher Stevens suggested the Logan Roy actor was leaning into his character ahead of the fourth season
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Your support makes all the difference.Life imitated art at the Succession premiere when Brian Cox was heard screaming at photographers while one of his co-stars was being interviewed.
Cox plays the irascible patriarch Logan Roy in the acclaimed HBO drama and is known for his character’s curt catchphrase: “F*** off.”
Deadline’s interview with Fisher Stevens – who plays Waystar Royco adviser Hugo Baker in the series – was interrupted by Cox’s unmistakable tones.
“You can hear Brian screaming; Brian is, um, still mad,” Stevens says in the interview.
“That’s Brian screaming,” he adds. “He’s having a good time. He’s enjoying his final premiere of the show. Sorry, that was interesting. I wonder who he’s screaming at?”
The actor says he believes Cox will have been joking with someone: “And he’s not serious. He’s not real. He’s having fun. He’s Logan! He can do whatever the f*** he wants.”
According to Deadline, a representative at the New York event played down the incident to reporters, saying: “Oh, he was just joking.”
However, the publication later caught up with Cox at the after-party, who explained what had happened.
“There’s always this problem with photographers: They’re like go right, right, right, and I was like, ‘Get your f***king sh*t together!’,” he said.
In real life, Cox is known for never mincing his words. In a recent interview, the Scottish actor doubled down on criticism of his co-star Jeremy Strong’s method acting style.
“It’s really a cultural clash,” Cox said. “I don’t put up with all that American s***. I’m sorry. All that sort of ‘I think, therefore I feel.’”
Strong responded to Cox’s opinion of his acting style earlier this year, saying: “Everyone’s entitled to have their feelings. I also think Brian Cox, for example, he’s earned the right to say whatever the f*** he wants.”
The fourth season of Succession begins on HBO and Sky Atlantic on 26 and 27 March, respectively.
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