On HBO’s “Succession,” Brian Cox has played the billionaire media baron and bruising father Logan Roy to much acclaim. It’s a thrillingly profane performance that’s impossible to look away from.
It is the latest in an extensive career on stage and screen (the latter of which includes film roles in “Braveheart,” “Rushmore,” “The Bourne Identity” and more) and he details the ups and downs of it all in his new memoir “Putting the Rabbit in the Hat.” What prompted him to write about his life? “Well, I’m not getting any younger,” he said, “and while I’ve still got my memory, I thought I’d like to consign a few thoughts to a book. And really on the strength of my recent success, I was approached about this and I thought, well, this is as good a time as any. Except it wasn’t, because it meant I was filming ‘Succession’ at the same time I was writing the book.”
One thing both he and Logan Roy have in common: Difficult childhoods that forced them become independent and self-sufficient at a young age. By 17, Cox was living on his own and pursuing a career in theater.
