Actor Brian Cox bounces between film and TV shows with the greatest of ease.
Now, the “Succession” alum insists the magic now happens on the small screen following comments made at the Edinburgh International Film Festival Aug. 20.
“What’s happened is that television is doing what cinema used to do … I think cinema is in a very bad way. I think it’s lost its place because of, partly, the grandiose element between Marvel, DC and all of that. And I think it’s beginning to implode, actually. You’re kind of losing the plot.”
Cox, who ironically played the heavy in 2003’s “X2: X-Men United,” called the recent smash “Deadpool & Wolverine” “party time.”
Is he wrong?
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