Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The global coronavirus pandemic has changed pretty much everything for almost everybody. It is of course a Public Health emergency, but it also is having massive economic social and cultural impacts. This very building usually houses our hardtalk studio. Now, that is currently out of commission. But thanks to the wonders of modern technology, the show can go on, and my guest today is the much acclaimed british actor brian cox, who is currently in the smash hit hbo tv drama succession. Now, he is living in self isolation in upstate new york, but im happy to say he is able to talk to me. Brian cox in new york state, welcome to hardtalk. Welcome. Thank you, stephen. Well, thank you for inviting us into your home, so to speak, via your laptop. You have been living in brooklyn, now youre in a cabin in new york state. New york state of course is at the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic in the us. What has life been like for you . Well, i havent. Be
And career as the man im about to meet. Hes gone from Working Class dundee in the post war years to londons theatre land in the swinging 60s and then film and television stardom. Brian cox has featured in over 100 movies and played stage roles to great acclaim. But its his role as succession s logan roy, the Maniacal Media Boss and terrifying patriarch that is seeing him become a superstar. You have to be a killer. Like the character he plays, cox can be fearsome and forthright on everything from scottish politics. We have been treated so badly time and time and time and time again. To his fellow actors, michael caine. The winner of numerous awards for his performances on stage and screen, hes a master of his craft. Now in his mid 70s, cox is at the height of his powers creatively and the height of his anger politically. Its very, very good to see you. Thank you so much for speaking to me and for speaking to the bbc. I want to talk to you about so much. I think it makes sense to begin
the bbc. i want to talk to about so much. i think it makes sense to begin at the end and this is where we cut to when enormous this is where we cut to when enormou5 spoiler alert, we tell people that logan roy in succe55ion doe5 die. wa5 people that logan roy in succe55ion doe5 die. was it strange leaving this production, 5uch strange leaving this production, such a big part of your life and mind. you ll it was such an odd feeling. i looked on it wrongly a5 a form of rejection. i looked upon it, you have done with logan, you created this monster and you don t know, you got rid of him in a pretty brilliant way. that was so brilliant the way he did it because there was no set up, we didn t know it was going to happen, it gets on the plane. hejust had this huge, these first two acts, epi5ode hejust had this huge, these first two acts, episode one, episode two, we see this in epi5ode two, we see this in full blast. and suddenly he s gone. i was fine with a bit rejected. i m going
and career as the man i m about to meet. he s gone from working class dundee in the post war years to london s theatre land in the swinging 60s and then film and television stardom. brian cox has featured in over 100 movies and played stage roles to great acclaim. but it s his role as succession s logan roy, the maniacal media boss and terrifying patriarch that is seeing him become a superstar. you have to be a killer. like the character he plays, cox can be fearsome and forthright on everything from scottish politics. we have been treated so badly time and time and time and time again. ..to his fellow actors, michael caine. the winner of numerous awards for his performances on stage and screen, he s a master of his craft. now in his mid 70s, cox is at the height of his powers creatively and the height of his anger politically. it s very, very good to see you. thank you so much for speaking to me and for speaking to the bbc. i want to talk to you about so much. i think it ma
The brexit formalities now. And the conservatives are being accused today of making an almighty mess of the process. For one thing, we had another huge personnel change. The Civil Service in charge of the department has been moved. Then, on top of that, conservative Party Dynamics are competent in the process. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, marked out this vision of brexit over the weekend and then slipped away to the un in new york. To reason they offered a tautology in response to be. Auris is auris, she said. It is hard enough bargaining with Michel Barnier and the eu without arguments at home. But if there is a problem, the root of it is certainly fundamental division on how brexit should go. Theresa may set to make a big speech on friday and right now it seems we stand at the crossroads, undecided as temperatures route to pursue. Every drama has a cast of main characters. Brexit is now a june. The most eye catching plot thread is the political one, and the star is, of course