Jeremy Strong defends acting style as Brian Cox slams it as ‘f–king annoying’
nypost.comHBO series, is “f–king annoying.” “He’s a very good actor. And the rest of the ensemble is all okay with this. But knowing a character and what the character does is only part of the skill set,” Cox, 76, explains in an interview with Town & Country published Tuesday.“It’s f–king annoying,” Cox added of Strong always being in character. “Don’t get me going on it.”Strong, 44, made headlines in 2021 when the New Yorker revealed his full-immersion acting methods, which he has employed for his role as Kendall Roy.Cox, who plays Kendall’s demanding father, Logan Roy, expressed worry about Strong’s techniques at the time.“I’ve worked with intense actors before.
It’s a particularly American disease, I think, this inability to separate yourself off while you’re doing the job,” Cox told the New Yorker.“The result that Jeremy gets is always pretty tremendous,” Cox went on. “I just worry about what he does to himself.
I worry about the crises he puts himself through in order to prepare.”Cox addressed his concerns in a 2021 appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” sharing, “He does get obsessed with the work.
And I worry about what it does to him, because if you can’t separate yourself — because you’re dealing with all of this material every day.
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