“Succession” star blasphemes about colleagues: Johnny Depp is “so overrated”

His low opinion of the colleague initially has nothing to do with the allegations of violence from Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard. “I’m sure he’s likeable,” said Cox. But: “He’s so overrated.” According to Cox, the best example of this is Depp’s early star role in “Edward Scissorhands”. In the Tim Burton film, the costume and makeup would have done all the work for Depp. As an actor, you didn’t have to do anything – “and he didn’t,” said Cox. “And in hindsight he did even less. But people love him. Or they loved him. Of course they don’t love him that much these days.” (Also interesting: Cinemas in January 2022 – we are excited about these films)

Cox: Not enough Money for “Game of Thrones”

The makers of “Game of Thrones” also traded a rejection. Had it been up to them, Cox would have played the charismatic king Robert Baratheon, whose death unleashed disaster in Westeros, in the first season of the cult HBO series. “I know very little about ‘Game of Thrones’ so I can’t tell you if he was an important character or not,” the actor wrote. Everyone involved earned an “absolute fortune” with the show. However, Cox revealed that his salary shouldn’t have been particularly lavish. Because of his character’s early serial death, he could not have counted on salary increases in later seasons as the show’s increasing success. “So I canceled and Mark Addy was gored by the boar.”