Brian Cox, prolific film actor and star of HBO’s “Succession,” said the state of cinema “is in very bad shape” while speaking at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Saturday, pointing the finger at blockbuster powerhouses like Marvel and DC.
“What’s happened is that television is doing what cinema used to do,” Cox said when asked about the state of popular film and TV. “I think the film is in very bad shape. I think it lost its place because, in part, of the grandiose element between Marvel, DC and all that. And I think it’s actually starting to implode. You lose the plot a bit.”
Cox then cited the MCU’s latest box office sensation “Deadpool and Wolverine” as an example, saying that while superhero movies “make a lot of money,” from an actor’s perspective, the work becomes “diluted” after so many comedy films. editions of books.
“So it’s just become a treat for certain actors to do this kind of stuff,” Cox said. “When you know Hugh Jackman can do something more, Ryan Reynolds… they go that way and it’s the box office. They make a lot of money. You can’t beat it.”
In 2003, Cox starred in the highly successful “X-Men” sequel “X2,” back when 20th Century Fox was still in charge of the group of super mutant outcasts. He played William Stryker, a megalomaniac military scientist who ironically gave Logan his adamantium skeleton and created Wolverine.
Cox joked that he “often” forgets that his character “created” Wolverine in the MCU lore. “Deadpool meets…Wolverine, who I made, but I forgot. Actually,” Cox added, “when those movies play, there’s always a little bit of me there [as Stryker] and they never pay me any money.
The Hollywood Reporter was the first to report Cox’s conversation.
