{"id":7485,"date":"2026-04-03T15:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/brian-cox-unleashes-scathing-critiques-of-hollywoods-a-list-in-latest-times-interview\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:35:24","slug":"brian-cox-unleashes-scathing-critiques-of-hollywoods-a-list-in-latest-times-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/brian-cox-unleashes-scathing-critiques-of-hollywoods-a-list-in-latest-times-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Cox Unleashes Scathing Critiques of Hollywood&#8217;s A\u2011List in Latest Times Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent interview with The Times UK, veteran actor Brian Cox took a hard look at some of the biggest names in contemporary cinema. The 79\u2011year\u2011old, best known for his work on television series such as <em>Succession<\/em> and the 2017 biopic <em>Churchill<\/em>, didn\u2019t hold back as he called out a range of A\u2011list performers, directors, and writers. From Johnny Depp to Quentin Tarantino, Cox\u2019s comments have sparked debate across the industry and on social media alike.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-list-actors-under-fire\">A\u2011List Actors Under Fire<\/h2>\n<p>Cox\u2019s first target was Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp. He described the actor as \u201cso overblown\u201d and \u201cso overrated,\u201d a sharp contrast to the public image that has made Depp a household name for decades. Cox also mentioned that he had turned down a role offered by Jonathan Pryce in the <em>Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em> franchise, adding that he was relieved to have declined the part.<\/p>\n<p>Next on the list was Ian McKellen, Cox\u2019s co<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a recent interview with The Times UK, veteran actor Brian Cox took a hard look at some of the biggest names in contemporary cinema. The 79\u2011year\u2011old, best known for his work on television series such as Succession and the 2017 biopic Churchill , didn\u2019t hold back as he called out a range of A\u2011list&#8230;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/influencerswiki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}