Brian Cox, the star of the TV show “Succession,” spoke highly of his wife Nicole Ansari-Cox at Series Mania after she showed her support for women in Iran during the festival’s opening by displaying the slogan “Woman, Life, Freedom” to photographers.
“My wife is half Iranian and she was one of the first people to cut her hair as part of the protest. We are living in such a difficult, dangerous time, particularly for women. In Afghanistan, in Iran. It’s unacceptable. I am very proud of my wife: She is a very strong woman with very strong opinions, and she taught me so much,” Brian told Variety during an interview.
“For me, the patriarchy has failed. Miserably. It’s time for the matriarchy and I really mean it. It’s time for men to step down and get the f**k out of the way. It has become ridiculous, with what we are seeing in Ukraine, too.”
“It’s all about men exercising their power because they don’t understand the mystery of women. Also, women don’t understand when men go into their ‘nothing box.’ It’s when men are just sitting and women ask: ‘What are you thinking?’ ‘Nothing.’ They can’t accept that, because they are constantly thinking. Men are dull and they have been allowed free reign for far too long.”
Brian opens about his directorial debut
Brian Cox, who is currently promoting the final season of “Succession“, also talked about his upcoming directorial debut in a movie called “Glenrothan.”
“I am still very nervous when I am talking about it, because we still have to cast it,” he says. “But if I don’t do [the film] now, I will be gaga. I don’t like directors, at all. They are nuisances, most of the time. I call them pests. I want to see if I am as bad as they are,” he said.
Cox revealed that “Glenrothan,” will be filmed in Scotland during June, July, and August. The movie revolves around a family distillery and two brothers, and Cox mentioned that he will be portraying the “boring” character.
“I do boring rather well, actually. There is the one who stayed behind, who ended up holding the baby, so to speak, and the one who left. But he was the natural distiller. He had the gift. My character is not well so he asks his brother to go back, but he ignores him. Then his daughter sort of kidnaps him and brings him back to Scotland. And the adventure begins,” he shared.