Other than his remarkable acting roles, Brian Cox is also known for his “brutally honest” roasts of other celebrities. This time, the actor didn’t shy away from sharing his opinion and mocked ‘Wuthering Heights’ star Margot Robbie.
Brian Cox mocks Margot Robbie’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ role
In a new interview with The Times, the 79-year-old ran through a long list of his targets. Admitting that he hasn’t even seen Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights,’ the actor bashed the film for its casting. “‘Keith Cliff! It’s me, Cathy!'” Cox said in what the outlet called “a cod Australian accent,” mocking its star Margot Robbie, who was once in the Australian soap ‘Neighbours.’ “‘How ya doing, Keith? Awright?’ ‘Yeah, I’m awright!'”
Brian Cox feels Margor Robbie is too beautiful for the role
The outlet described Cox laughing before he added, “Margot Robbie is far too beautiful for that role. I mean, I think there should be something more of the Gypsy about her, but it’s wrong of me to judge. It may be a brilliant film.”
Brian Cox feels he’s too old to care what people think
Addressing his no-holds-barred policy while discussing his craft, Cox admitted that he’s too old to care about what people think of him. Well, I don’t know yet if it’s caused me problems. I mean, my wife (Nicole Ansari-Cox) keeps saying, ‘Brian, be careful. Brian, be careful.’ I think, ‘F— it. I don’t want to be careful anymore! I’ll be 80 this year. F— it! I’m gonna say what I want to say.’” he told the aforementioned outlet.
Brian Cox once called Johnny Depp overrated
Cox also notes that he turned down the role of the governor in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise because he did not want to work alongside Johnny Depp, whom he has called “so overblown, so overrated” in the past. The part eventually went to Jonathan Pryce.
