During an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week, Brian Cox expressed some remorse over calling Johnny Depp “overrated” and “overblown” in his lately launched memoir Putting The Rabbit In The Hat.
Cox revealed within the guide that he turned down the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise as a result of he was being provided “probably the most thankless (function).”
The Succession actor added he was considerably relieved he declined Pirates as a result of “it is very a lot the ‘Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow’ present, and Depp, personable although I’m positive he’s, is so overblown, so overrated.”
“I simply thought I was being a bit harsh,” Cox instructed Kimmel about criticising Depp in his memoir.
“You know what it is like, you go for the simple joke. And I went for the simple joke. That was what occurred, and I kind of regretted it. Because I’m not like that usually; I was simply being a bit glib, a bit flip.”
When requested by Kimmel if actors usually assume they’re overrated, Cox responded: “I believe they do. I believe quite a bit of occasions actors assume they’re overrated, and a few assume they’re underrated.”
He added: “Let’s put it this manner: Most of them assume they are not rated in any respect.”
Cox was reportedly provided the function of Governor Swann, performed by Jonathan Pryce within the movies.
Signing up for Pirates would’ve reunited Cox together with his The Ring director Gore Verbinski.
“It would have been a money-spinner, however of all of the elements in that movie it was probably the most thankless, plus I might have ended up doing it for movie after movie and missed out on all the opposite good issues I’ve achieved,” Cox stated in his memoir.
He wrote of Depp, “I imply, Edward Scissorhands. Let’s face it, if you happen to come on with palms like that and pale, scarred-face make-up, you do not have to do something. And he did not. And subsequently, he is achieved even much less. But individuals love him. Or they did love him. They do not love him a lot as of late, of course.” – Reuters
