Brian Cox Drags Tarantino, Says Jeremy Strong Has ‘Begged Me to Stop’ Discussing His Method Acting and Disses America for Not Liking Women: ‘The Patriarchy Is a F—ing Mess’

Apr 3, 2026 11:02am PT Brian Cox Drags Tarantino, Says Jeremy Strong Has ‘Begged Me to Stop’ Discussing His Method Acting and Disses America for Not Liking Women: ‘The Patriarchy Is a F—ing Mess’

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Brian Cox is never one to mince his words when it comes to fellow actors, and he’s gone ahead and targeted his “25th Hour” co-star Edward Norton (“a pain in the arse”), Ian McKellen (“not to my taste”) and Kevin Spacey (“a stupid, stupid man”) in a new interview with The Times of London. Cox, who is promoting his directorial effort “Glenrothan,” even shaded Quentin Tarantino as “meretricious.”

“I’m more egalitarian than a lot of directors, the kind who call themselves visionaries,” Cox said about his own directing style. “I like to honor the actor’s performance. With a Quentin Tarantino film, what you see is all Quentin Tarantino. That’s not me. I don’t want to do that.”

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