By “Succession” star and British acting legend Brian Cox says cinema is “in a very bad way” right now with part of the blame going on superhero franchises.
Cox, whose never afraid to speak his mind, appeared at an Edinburgh International Film Festival panel on Saturday and (via THR) was asked about how critically acclaimed and popular various TV series have taken over much of the zeitgeist conversation in recent years.
Cox, who jumps between films and TV fairly regularly and had his own fun in comic book movies as baddie William Stryker in “X2: X-Men United,” says cinema is hitting some real rough times:
“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.”
He says films are making a lot of money that makes everybody happy, but in terms of the work “it becomes diluted afterwards”. He then brings up his time in those films and how he understands the draw for actors both financially and socially:
“I mean, I’ve done those kind of [projects]. Deadpool meets the guy… Wolverine, who I created, but I’ve forgotten. Actually, when those films are on, there’s always a bit of me [as Stryker] and they never pay me any money…
So it’s just become a party time for certain actors to do this stuff. When you know that Hugh Jackman can do a bit more, Ryan Reynolds… but it’s because they go down that road and it’s box office. They make a lot of money. You can’t knock it.”
However, television is pulling ahead, in part because of the lack of time constraints: “There’s so many [shows] and you’ve got the honor of telling the story over a period of time.”
However there’s some sadness there as films of his childhood made him want to “be the actor I’ve become,” and those films are going away.
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