Brian Cox

Yeah.

Brian Cox is good.

I didn't like the way they ended it, but man, it's.

I mean, it's a good one.

He's good.

Brian Cox is from, he was on Enemy of the State with Will Smith.

Yeah.

And then that's got me hooked.

That's the style of that.

And it's funny because, because Anthony Hopkins created such an indelible film character in Hannibal Lecter, Brian Cox, who's an equally a talented actor, is playing Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter.

But that, that role is so downplayed, right? Like, he does a brilliant job, but it's so hard watching it after Silence of the Lambs.

Sure.

Right.

[laughs] But you don't really hear stories like that, and now people are bringing up everything that Brian Cox, his co-star on Succession, has said about Jeremy Strong's method acting because he's not fond of it, to say the least.

And over the years, his language about this has escalated.

Mm-hmm.

I worry about the crises he puts himself through in order to prepare."

Mm-hmm.

And Brian Cox, on the other hand, is a classically trained stage actor who uses a turn it on, turn it off approach to acting, and his relationship with Jeremy Strong recalls a famous story about Laurence Olivier working with Dustin Hoffman on the 1976 film Marathon Man.

On learning that Hoffman had stayed up partying for three nights before a scene in which he had to appear sleep-deprived, Olivier said, "My dear boy, why don't you try acting?"

Fine, well, can the Monty Python talk? Written! Originally, the novelization, or the novel, written by Thomas Harris, written for the screen, and directed by Michael Mann.

Starring William Peterson as Will Graham, Dennis Farina as Jack Crawford, Brian Cox as Dr. Lecter, and, rest in peace, Tom Noonan as Francis Dollarhide.

James! Yes!

I feel like I don't even really need to ask, but how do you like Manhunter? I still enjoy it after all these years.

Just un-ass quickly.

But to show...

if you just talk to Brian Cox's Hannibal, right? Just talk to him.

Yeah.